2014, Blu-Ray, Color, 79’, German, English subtitles, Germany
Director: Claudia Richarz, Ulrike Zimmermann
“Showing a vulva frightens away bears, lions, makes wheat grow, calms storms and frightens devils. The devils run away. Vulva protects the world. Vulva is mighty, the one capable of all.” In a world where the visibility of female genital is not possible and acceptable, just like this description, directors Claudia Richarzand, Ulrike Zimmermann search the non sensational history of women’s body from 16th to 21st centuries. Celebrating the diversity of women’s body…
The various states of viewing nudity entered the Ottoman world on postcards before paintings. These postcards appeared in the 1890s, and became widespread in the 1910s, following the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Monarchy, traveling from hand to hand, city to city.
Our institutions have been stuck on linear Neo-Platonic tracks for 24 centuries. These antiquated processes of deduction have lost their authority. Just like art it has fallen off its pedestal. Legal, educational and constitutional systems rigidly subscribe to these; they are 100% text based.
Suggesting alternative models for new social and economic systems, SUPERFLEX works appear before us as energy systems, beverages, sculptures, copies, hypnosis sessions, infrastructure, paintings, plant nurseries, contracts, or specifically designed public spaces.
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