M(e)&M(other)
“Being an artist and mother is not a fixed identity.” Joanna Sokolowski
What if motherhood would become a part of our career?
The short dance film “M(e)&M(other)” looks at the roles of female artist and mother – intertwined, compared and evaluated. In the world of dance, where the body operates as the main instrument of expression, motherhood is still discussed with vague undertones. Raimonda Gudavičiūtė, who lives and works in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), speaks openly about the complex internal conflict of being a caring mother and an active freelance dance artist.
The film not only touches Raimonda Gudavičiūtė´s contradictions of personal, social and self-expression issues, but also subtly reveals the position of her seven-year-old son Elias. The constant presence of being together during recent months had given birth to a new approach towards the mother’s profession. Thanks to contemporary dance, Elias got to know his mother’s personality better and found a way (next to football and break dance) another way of thinking, perception, and self-expression. Dance has built a bridge of closer communication between mother and son.
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Director’s Biography
Sebastian Heindorff
Sebastian Heindorff has been working as a freelance filmmaker and photographer since 2017. He studied Japanology and Art History and completed his studies in 2017 with a thesis on contemporary Japanese art after Fukushima, receiving the title of Master of Arts. During his studies he worked as a production assistant at ZDF in Mainz (2011-2013) and since 2013 as a freelance cameraman. Besides commercial work, he creates films in the art context. These include, for example, the three-part series “The Appointment” (2018), in which curators, art critics and art promoters explain Korean positions in contemporary art. This series was created in Seoul in cooperation with the magazine KubaParis. In addition, Sebastian Heindorff creates artist portraits with the collective No Man Is An Island, such as about the ceramist Michiko Shida from 2019, or the dancer Takako Nishi under the title Un/Concious (2019). He is currently working on another series of portraits of contemporary Japanese artists and creative professionals in collaboration with the online magazine Sabukaru.
Filmography:
Un/concious (2019, portrait)
The Creators – Michiko Shida (2019, portrait)
Badia Ouhahi for Cupra (2019, advertorial)
Sir David Chipperfield (2018, advertorial)
M(e)&M(other) (2020, short dance film)
