Corday/Sabz (2019)

Performance
part of En el Valle Inquietante curated by Jose Begega
Espacio Nigredo, Madrid
7th December 2019

The aerobic videos and pop songs of YouTube shooter Nasim Sabz reenacted and portrayed by an Elsa(gate) cosplayer, interrupted with scenic accounts of the last days of Jean Paul Marat assassin Chalotte Corday. A performance on feminine lone wolf terrorism, algorithmic toxic masculinity and censorship rage

Nasim Sabz (1979-2018) and Chalotte Corday (1768-1793)
Left image by Nasimesabz.com, right image by Tony Robert-Fleury title: Charlotte Corday à Caen en 1793 at the Musée Bonnat-Helleu