Begotten Daughter is the outward expression of an internal condition. A woman's domestic routine shadowed by an internal cycle of codependency and toxic shame. Generations of religious manipulation have handed down a ritualistic psychology in a modern world. The banality of the ordinary as a canvas for despair; a picture of a women's private struggle with existence.
- Genevieve Akal
All costumes conceptualised and created by Shari Tamar Akal
Visual expression of the lethargy and feeling of being consumed by ones bed
The mind as a tangled web with pathologies that need to be addressed and "rinsed" one at a time
The daily routine of compulsively "piling on" emotional burden and baggage
Credits | Director and Subject: Genevieve Akal I Cinematographer: Amelia Henning I Costume Designer: Shari Tamar Akal