Flâneuse is a 9-minute short art film shot in Paris, developed through walking, drifting and improvisation in the city at day and night. The film explores the figure of the flâneuse—the female urban wanderer—through movement, camera and sound, shifting between purposeful walking and moments of embodied interruption.
Rooted in contemporary dance and visual art, Flâneuse examines the tension between the objective, observing gaze and a subjective, female experience of public space. The city becomes both a site of freedom and vulnerability, intimacy and exposure. Through subtle choreography and spontaneous encounters with the urban landscape, the performer negotiates presence, visibility and agency while moving through the city alone.
The film was created with no budget and developed intuitively on location. Filming locations were found through walking and drifting together, allowing the environment to shape both movement and framing. The work draws inspiration from feminist readings of flânerie, psychogeography and cinematic references such as Agnès Varda, while remaining grounded in the lived, bodily experience of being a woman in the city.
Flâneuse exists at the intersection of dance film, art film and urban portraiture, inviting the viewer into a quiet but charged space where the body becomes both observer and actor within the city.
Credits
Performer, dancer, actor: Ida Haugen
Cinematography: Malin Longva
Concept & Locations: Ida Haugen and Malin Longva
Duration: 9 minutes
Filmed in Paris