Art/Action: Artists’ Films
20 February – 11 March 2018
Art/Action is a three-part artist film programme. Each pioneering film introduces viewers to artistic expressions of socio-political concerns. They investigate political repression and raise awareness of issues often marginalised by freedom of speech violations and media control.
Anna Maria Maiolino, In-Out / Antropofagia, 1973, 8:14 minutes, courtesy of Essex Collection of Art from Latin America
A comment on both censorship in Brazil and the frustrations of an artist whose creativity has been ‘gagged’ by the perceived restrictions of motherhood. This film displays male and female mouths taking part in wordless actions whereby objects or substances are placed upon, taken in, or expelled from the orifices.
Also on show as part of Art/Action – SUPERFLEX: Burning Car and Ana Teresa Fernandez’s Erasing the Border.