Pflegeleicht 30 °C

A woman seen from behind in grainy black and white, wet hair falling across her face, a puffed sleeve at the shoulder, one hand raised open into the light — *Pflegeleicht 30 °C*, 2006

Year: 2006
Medium: Super 8 film, black and white, transferred to video
Running time: 4 min 16 s, without dialogue, mono sound
Director: Kordula Fritze, Dario Srbić
Choreography: Kordula Fritze
Cinematography: Dario Srbić
English title: Wash and Wear 30 °C
Screened: Uncensored Bodies, WiFi Body Festival 3, Manila, 2008

Pflegeleicht 30 °C, 2006

A breeze. A sensual stroke. A diffident smile. Disappearance and return. Movement, connected through cut, accompanied by washing machine noise.

Her head tilted down to the left, eyes closed, the puffed sleeve at the shoulder, her shadow thrown on the wall behind — *Pflegeleicht 30 °C*, 2006

Her face and a raised arm blurred into one sweep of motion, hair across the eyes — *Pflegeleicht 30 °C*, 2006

Close up. Long shot. Medium shot. Extreme close up. Camera angles, connected through washing machine noise, accompanied by movement.

Both arms flung out to the left, hair thrown across the face, the wall bright behind — *Pflegeleicht 30 °C*, 2006

Head and hair thrown back to the left, one arm raised high, the body a blur of light — *Pflegeleicht 30 °C*, 2006

Creak. Rumbling. Clatter. Rattling. Washing machine noise, connected through movement, accompanied by cut. All together portray a washing act.

Her figure dark against the bright wall, the face in shadow, hair down — *Pflegeleicht 30 °C*, 2006

Her face close to the lens, eyes closed, hair fanning out to the right — *Pflegeleicht 30 °C*, 2006

Camera, always head-on, allows only frontal view, resembling a porthole. Recurring movements remind of tumbled laundry. Washing machine noise remains washing machine noise. There are no clothes, but only a woman moving.

Pflegeleicht 30 °C, 2006

Is she being washed? Her memories, constantly fading away? Or scenes performed solely in her head, drifting towards improbable and impossible? Or the remains of irreversible parting? And if she is being washed, wherewith? Time?

The face lifted and blurred in a sweep of light, one arm thrown down to the left — *Pflegeleicht 30 °C*, 2006