4’14”
2015
The Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven né Plotz, was an unsung member of the Dada Movement. A poet, artist, runaway, and all around public provocateur; she actively did not fit into her historical moment, and like most misfits, suffered for it. As with many women artists throughout history, her cultural legacy has been obscured and in some instances appropriated into the oeuvres of better known male peers.
The lamps details her trip to the Naples Archeological Museum in the early 1900’s where she breaks into ‘Il Gabinetto Segretto,’ a secret room filled with erotic objects from Pompeii.
Screening in Zawya - Art House Cinema
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