Orgasmus

VALIE EXPORT | Austria | 1967 | 3' |

| IFFR 2007

Film switches between shots of the origin of pleasure and its effects.
Since 1967, the Austrian artist Valie EXPORT (1940, Linz ) has concentrated on what is known as expanded cinema, since 1970 on video and since 1973 on 16mm film. These days, body art, laser installations, photography and drawing are also her fields of work. Her work has been presented in many American and western European cities.

Also in this combined programme

Asleep

Stephen Dwoskin’s first film, made in New York. A woman’s feet during a whole night of sleep contracted into four minutes.
Cinema Regained
Oblivion

Successful blend of elements from both the poetic and diary modes. In the process Tom Chomont has created one of the few truly erotic works in cine
Cinema Regained
6/64 Mama und Papa

Short film based on an actionist happening, filled with images of naked bodies.
Cinema Regained
Love Objects

A reconciliation.
Cinema Regained
Song for Four Hands

A man and a woman talk without words in a film dialogue.
Cinema Regained
Fuses

Mosaic of flesh, textures and passionate embraces.
Cinema Regained
30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam

A study of presence, Electric Cinema circa 1973.
Cinema Regained