Mathilde Benignus
Mathilde Benignus, Benignus,
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Beyond the woods / Par delà la forêt

[EN] BEYOND THE WOODS A girl is returning home to her mother.She questions the silence about her grandmother.Coming back into this kitchen, crossing these woods, the girl retrieves her link with a story that hasn’t been told. [FR] PAR DELA LA FORET La fille revient voir la mère.La fille se

At home / Chez elles

A short film about old ladies who refuse to go to a retirement home and decide to stay at home. --- Written and filmed in Brussels by Mathilde Benignus and edited by Aurélien Thomson at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD - Belgium).  

A cold song

A performance about the little red riding hood, losing the way back home and a truck accident in the forest. Inspired by Charles Perrault well-known fairy tale and Klaus Nomi powerful interpretation of "A cold song" (Purcell). --- Presented at the gallery Apollonia Art Exchanges and at Zone d'art in Strasbourg. More to

Black Blanc Biche

Dans cette performance je me confronte à l’image de la banlieusarde que j’étais, à cette époque où en tant que fille, je devais gommer toute féminité pour exister. Confrontée au regard de nos « frères », moi et mes amies essayons d’y échapper.  Revêtant ma carapace de l’époque :

Suburbs drawings and slams

In October 2005,  two kids died from electrocution by hiding in a power station to avoid a police interrogation, resulting in a power blackout. The incident ignited rising tensions about youth unemployment and police harassment in the poorer housing estates of French suburbs, resulting in weeks of