Falla

FALLA Variation of phalla, for what is phallic, as a feminine inclination of the phallo, the phallus. Falla in Spanish, like a failure, fault, the original fault or the something missing, but also like an opening, a crack, a fissure. Falla, in Catalan, from the latin facula, ”torch”. As an incendiary matter, something to be set on fire… Throughout history, female gender identity has often been narrowly defined by the lack of the phallus. Julia B. Laperrière addresses this problematic idea from a queer feminist perspective using the strap-on dildo as transformative tool:  how does it feel to have/wear a penis? How does it affect the way one moves? What power does it confer on the one who bears it? In collaboration with musician Pia Achternkamp, FALLA offers an invitation to playfulness, an incursion in the in-between that puts forth a vision of female sexuality that is alternative, liberated and unashamed.