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Othello. Asphyxiophilia
AES+F (Series photographs) AES (video 4'25'' loop) 1999
The concept:
The real Passion is dead. Contemporary global media use the beauty and perfection of black body to attract the public, mostly white. In our version we'll show the Shakespeare's story in "neo-colonial" discourse - Desdemona gets the sexual pleasure from asphixia. We did the first version in NY, than we repeat it in Moscow. Chad Coleman (black actor, from Wooster group theatre) and Arina (Russian TV star) where our models.
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