Syntagma
Valie Export
Syntagma (1983) explores the relationship between the female body, identity and social perception. Experimental image techniques such as mirroring and split screens are used to visualize the fragmentation of the Self. The female figure appears as an active subject who defies external attributions. The film questions traditional role models and makes inner and social tensions visible. The result is a powerful contribution to feminist cinematography and the critique of visual representation.
Valie Export
Valie Export (*1940) studied at the school of arts and crafts in Linz and at a college for industrial textile design. The artist, involved in the Vienna Actionists circle, was co-founder of the Austrian Filmmakers Cooperative (now: filmcoop Austria) and of Film Women International. Export has lectured at Berlin University of the Arts and at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has also conceived and organised international art exhibitions and film programmes. Her films are shown worldwide.
Films by Valie Export (Selection)
Vaginan 1997 | Die Praxis der Liebe 1985 | Menschenfrauen 1979 | Unsichtbare Gegner 1977 | Mann & Frau & Animal 1973
