Softcore and Sexual Subjects (not Objects)

Monday, April 26th, 7:30pm

(Softcore and Sexual Subjects (not Objects))

Female Sensibility

 

Lynda Benglis, 14 min, 1973

Sandy Toes

 

Maximilla Lukacs, 4 min, 2009

 

Fuses

Carolee Schneeman, 22min, 1967

 

No. 4

Yoko Ono, 6 min, 1966

 

Lust

Valie Export, 12 min, 1986

 

Plus collection of clips from various softcore, pre-code, and other narrative films

How do women become sexual subjects instead of objects, with agency, imagination and authenticity? A selection of shorts and clips, followed by a discussion, will show various stunning examples of how this has been and can be accomplished.