Red, White, Yellow, Black: A Multiracial Feminist Video Collective, 1972-73
On two nights – one in December 1972, the other April 1973 – the multiracial, multimedia feminist art collective Red,…
Selling Sweat: On the Ethics of Renting ‘Extraordinary Bodies’ in Mika Rottenberg’s Videos
Throughout Mika Rottenberg’s career, the artist has – as she puts it – rented the bodies of extraordinary women. By…
On Well-Meaning White Women: Josephine Decker’s ‘Madeline’s Madeline’
“What you are experiencing is just a metaphor,” a nurse hovering above the camera says in the opening scene of…
Review: Hikari’s ’37 Seconds’ – Berlinale
A balancing act between dependence and self-determination characterises Yuma Takada’s (Mei Kayama) story as told in 37 Seconds, a film…
Failing to Act, Acting to Fail: The Films of Margarethe von Trotta
“How is it that some people decide the fate of others?” asks Rosa Luxemburg in the opening of Margarethe von…
Learning to Care: Adina Pintilie’s ‘Touch Me Not’
To be intimate and vulnerable with another involves being honest with oneself, or so the saying goes. This task is…