Feature Film Program

By Design

A woman swaps bodies with a chair and everyone likes her better as a chair.

Mon Aug 18 7:00 PM

The Film

By Design

Amanda Kramer | US | 91

Upon seeing a chair with a gorgeous body - sturdy frame, meticulous handiwork, classic design - Camille, a woman who's never been particularly jealous of any other woman, realizes that she truly envies the life of a perfect piece of furniture. Its usefulness even in utter plainness. Its providing of comfort, relief to all who need it. Through the wishing magic of the enduring body-swap genre, Camille and this chair exchange form. So begins a nightmare of stillness and silence. A woman's being trapped inside of an object, an object's essence weighing down a woman's figure. Feminine rivalry and resentment taken to its most ludicrous, surreal extreme.

Event Details

7:00 PM
Plaza Seating Opens
8:15 PM
Film Begins
9:45 PM
Q&A with actors Mamoudou Athie, Samantha Mathis & Alisa Torres and choreographer Sigrid Lauren

Venue

Gansevoort Plaza, Meatpacking District

9th Avenue and Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014

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The show presented in partnership with