Rodin's Kiss

Lisa O'Neill's Documentation Videos

A woman enters an ice exhibition and allows herself to be drawn into the enigmatic appeal of the male figured seen in Auguste Rodin’s sculpture, ‘The Kiss’. His seductive appeal satisfies her need to be romanticized and pushes her to delve into unexplored feelings, which challenge her perceptions of what is real and what is imagined. Rodin’s Kiss’ is about allowing the emotionality and physicality of the performance delivery to be an internalising experience, as dealt with by the performer. Hence the narrative movement lends an impassioned gaze on the feelings and perceptions of a woman caught in the grip of first love, illuminating our view into the human spirit. It is a performance piece that evokes our sense of the journeying soul.