TEDIUM

The name of the movie, “Dosada”, describes the human condition of losing one’s purpose in the eye of overwhelming opportunity. Being given freedom and handing it out carelessly, thereby risking letting go of human virtue; faith, love, and hope. The performance is recorded in one take, expressing the brutality of reality as closely as possible. The anti-motivational physical performance “Dosada” (eng. “Tedium”) is made for drug and alcohol addicts. Rooted in the idea of the disillusioned third-person angle, the video shall enable people in similar circumstances to identify with the character and in theory invoke repulsion towards drugs and prevent potential addiction. 

At first, the character is bathed in white, representing humanity’s purity and holiness (sacred/divine). Only their eyes are black, mirroring their nature as main gates into our body, and allowing for its pollution. In accordance with the depth of commitment towards drugs, the body is gradually contaminated, until eventually contamination takes over. The faeces that the character is rolling inside of stand for the consequences of materialism on people’s lives. We observe destruction as the character replaces morals with addiction, losing all faith in the process. The toilet seats represent the levels of humanity, as the water inside constitutes the holy water. Through time it undergoes the change from a purifying agent to the recipient of betrayal. The name of the movie, “Dosada”, describes the human condition of losing one’s purpose in the eye of overwhelming opportunity. Being given freedom and handing it out carelessly, thereby risking letting go of human virtue; faith, love, and hope.

Concept & performance ANDRO MANZONI

Video & edit IVAN PETRINIĆ