Catharsis
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Catharsis female noun (Greek katharsis, purification)
For Aristotle, the "purifying" effect produced on the spectators by a dramatic performance.
Any therapeutic method that aims to achieve a situation of emotional crisis such that this critical manifestation provokes a solution to the problem that the crisis is staging.
I write my fears as an outlet, to overcome them, to keep them at bay with humour and derision.
The principle: you are invited to write down the words that "hold you back" in life.
These words then cover your body, which a fan will blow away in order to symbolically free yourself.
The contrast between these illuminated faces and the weight of the words is visible on the video.
Catharsis official selection VIDEOFORMES 2017 Clermont-Ferrand