Woman As Image (Single Channel Edit)
By
Alison J Carr
2012
An unlikely duet; using the appropriated imagery of Rita Hayworth performing ‘Put the Blame on Mame’ in Gilda and pairing it with her own performance; a song and dance number using a section of Laura Mulvey’s ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ to the tune of ‘All That Jazz’. A love for the oeuvres of both women are enacted through the artist’s body. The word’s of Laura’s famous essay are used as a talisman to ward off the male gaze so that the artist can perform as a star in her own musical, on her own terms.
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