Audience
Barbara Hammer
In the early 1980s, Barbara Hammer took a 16mm camera to screenings of her own films in San Francisco, London, Toronto and Montreal, turning her audiences into the protagonists of this film. What were they expecting from a lesbian film? In front of the camera, they appear as a confident community.
»In a time of national borders and increasing geographic chauvinism, I found images of women transcending boundaries and cultures and at the same time acting as spokespeople for cultural difference.« Barbara Hammer
Barbara Hammer
Feminist filmmaker and pioneer of queer cinema Barbara Hammer (1939–2019) produced over 90 film and video projects as well as performances, installations, photographs, collages and drawings over a period of four decades. Her work – which has focused on lesbian desire and life since her iconic Super 8 film Dyketactics (1974) – has been celebrated globally in art institutions and film festivals.
Films by Barbara Hammer (Selection)
Welcome to This House 2015 | Maya Deren’s Sink 2011 | A Horse is Not a Metaphor 2009 | The Female Closet 1998 | Tender Fictions 1996 | Nitrate Kisses 1992 | Endangered 1988 | Optic Nerve 1985 | Dyketactics 1974 | A Gay Day 1973
