lukrezia at Tricky Women Festival Vienna

Sun. 12.3.2023, 16:30 
Historischer Saal,
Metrokinokulturhaus Vienna.

DE/A T 2009, colour, sound: goldt, 4 min.

The legendary and symbolic female figure Lucretia committed suicide after being raped in order to restore her honour. For centuries, this theme has served as a pretext for male painters to create erotic and pornographic images. For this photo film, I used a representation of the unclothed Lucretia by Lucas Cranach the Elder and scanned the painting like from head to foot. In doing so, I mainly show the very light skin of the unclothed woman in an abstracted form in order to restore her integrity.
I compiled the sound from various recordings of death bells from the Greek Orthodox Church.