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.

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Song for Four Hands
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