My Bed & I

 

The installation includes a 13.30 minutes video, one brass headboard, two Régence bergères, a pair of Bisquit statuettes and a wardrobe full of clothes, shoes and other personal belongings, perfectly arranged and classified in a  4 x 4 m. room.

Alma Porry Pastorel was born in Rome on September 15, 1914. In the late fifties she moved to Mexico City. Few years later, perfectly healthy, she started organizing her whole life from bed, until she radically decided to spend the rest of her life in it.
In the afternoons, family and friends gather around her bed to talk, discuss and laugh about each other’s lives. “To be presentable”, every single morning, she carries on the thorough ritual of dressing and making herself up.

 

Installation description

Among a brass headboard, two Régence bergères, a pair of Bisquit statuettes and other women personal belongings, a series of vintage designer clothes are hanging perfectly aligned, across a 4 x 4 m. room. Over the walls a video is projected.

Duration	13.30 minutes
Original language	Italian
Subtitles	English & French
Format	VHS & PAL

Video credits

Director, DPI & script writer	Alejandro Gómez de Tuddo
Producer	Uroboros~Basilisco
Editor	Carlotta Cerquetti
Music	Vampire, Vracchi-D’Anzi
Video post production	Alejandro Cons
Place & date of production	Mexico, 2010