Nymphomania

Nymphomania

super8, black and white, sound, 9 min
"NYMPHOMANIA deptics the archetypal personification of female sexuality via the motif if a beautiful, graceful, dancing Nymph. Against the nymph, Hughes-Freeland & Adams present a massively phallicised ...
Rental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC

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"NYMPHOMANIA deptics the archetypal personification of female sexuality via the motif if a beautiful, graceful, dancing Nymph. Against the nymph, Hughes-Freeland & Adams present a massively phallicised Pan who is aroused by the nymph's neauty and watches her. The film is a parody of myths of an 'ancient/pagan' essential plentitude and is thus a blackly Comedic critique of attitudes toward the dialectic of male/female sexuality. It locates a sexual mythology specific to Western Culture and deconstructs it via a depiction of its inherent power relationships and by pursuing this trajectory to its logical conclusion." –Jack Sargeant, "Death Tripping", 1995

Programs

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    Haphazard Dreams & Eccentric Lives

    A program of films by Tessa Hughes-Freeland

    Tessa Hughes-Freeland’s films have been shown in a variety of venues, from international museums to seedy bars. The subject matter of her films is confrontational, transgressive, provocative, and poetic. Programmed by MM Serra.

Films

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    Baby Doll
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    Baby Doll
    Tessa Hughes-Freeland

    16mm, black and white, sound, 5 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC
    • Erotic
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    Play Boy
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    Play Boy
    Tessa Hughes-Freeland

    super8, color, sound, 10 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, HD 1080p
    • Body
    • Erotic
    • Found Footage