Diana Riesco-Lind

See video: http://vimeo.com/user4576696/videos A feminine game is a brief that comments on two role-plays: the game of fitting in what is traditionally feminine and the role of being successful in a male dominated sport. It is a documentary on a chain of ideas developed on reflecting on being a woman from the view of a rugby player. Starting with the thought “I have always been told that the most aggressive animal is a female with her child” the brief suggests a glimpse of the author’s own reflections about the topic of femininity and rugby. Being an athlete all my life and a rugby player myself, I reflected on this phrase and the role-plays in rugby. Rugby is considered a very aggressive and therefore a traditionally masculine sport, but if the most aggressive animal is in fact a female with its child, then this game can be seen as two tight “female” packs fighting for the same child that would be symbolized as the rugby ball, that in itself has a form of an e...