Ballhead
Mara Mattuschka Kugelkopf, AT, 1985, 6', 16 mm
In Kugelkopf, Mara Mattuschka subversively challenges the printing press and modern technology with her own body's power. Starting by shaving and slitting her head with a razor in sheer pleasure, she proceeds to make marks and patterns with the blood on a glass sheet. The staccato motion of the ritual duplicates the golfball sound of a typewriter. This self-empowering act satirises violence against women, in particular the eye-slitting sequence in Luis Buñuel's Un chien andalou. (Film and Video Umbrella)
Wed 26/9 Kino SC 16:00
