WE ARE I
Performance, 2018
©Sonia Bellinaso, We are I, Alice Ahad, 2018
we are is a minimal but incisive sentence. It is the union of a subject with its verb.
t is the action.
We are the act, a linguistic act, that is used to lead people in a specific direction, making them feel part of a group with no choice, living within a linguistic act full of meaning that is not decided by them. Being part of a group means being surrounded by a feeling of solidarity that takes the loneliness away.
We are is the formula, the concept used by the systems of power to create a cultural and social context.
This feeling that comes from the phrase We are inevitably creates a dynamic, a sense of collectivity and union.
We are is the subtle meaning, the acute and silent force that puts everything together.
BUT,
We are is not always a cliché and it is not always approved by the collective. In this case the group rediscovers the dimension of the ego.
and then: I am not.
©Sonia Bellinaso, We are I, Alice Ahad, 2018
