we Women we is the third experimental book written, created, illustrated and produced by Victoria Lee Case. It stands completely on its own and designed exclusively for Apple Books.
Presented in the format of a one woman play, this comprehensive experience utilizes sight, sound, visual arts, motion and poetry with a dash of healing intentions! On this exclusive multi-touch platform, the viewer and reader step into a world with multiple options in artistic expression.
Touching on very current events, as well as the depth of perspective of what it means to be a woman culturally and historically, how that has shaped the present and hopefully allow universal truths to propel us forward. Our stories have their own Identities. As we Women we acknowledges collective pains it also includes extremely personal moments, such as lost dreams or miscarriage in the chapter Signs of a MissCarnage, confusion in the chapter Speculative, bravely acknowledging grief in Citadel, visuals and language throughout touch on abuse of all kinds, words around physical pain and trauma. This is for the brave who dare and say "enough". This experience is one that is extremely prolific as the viewer rides the waves of emotion, stillness and chaos.
Created to be thought provoking and honest, we Women we wrestles with its own stillness; as we Women we are very much part of the collective we.
“In the chaos that surrounds: the light of beauty, vastness and greatness can harness healing for generations to come, even in the flood of water and blood.”
Introduction from the artist:
“About this Experience
If you watch the stage version of Elephant Man, there is this point in the beginning of the play where the actor morphs, in front of your eyes, into a man with severe physical attributes. This series has been a mirror experience- my body morphing into a part of myself, very familiar and also very foreign. My physical body seems to carry and release scars so human, so of me but at the same time of a lineage of DNA strands I have entered into this, my very of flesh and bone, the sweet sorrow of a pierced heart experience on planet Earth.
There are these moments when your entire being wants to cry- to move the sadness through, but something stops- the madness needs attention or direction or love. A place within self, as a vagina carrying card member that deserves a place- “in the world”, “at the table”, or “on top”. Really, my hope is we find our place within our self and in-turn the world around us, will recognize the need for language of all kinds.
We Women We, is in part a very ancient, a very current, a very timeless battle song until any iteration of war ceases to be and marching marries dancing. “
-Victoria Lee Case `
