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Othello. Asphyxiophilia
AES+F group (Series photographs)
AES group (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 asphyxia. We did the first version in NY, than we repeat it in Moscow. Chad Coleman (black actor, from Wooster group theatre) and Arina Sharapova (Russian TV star) where our models.
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