my body

Why is humanity ill at ease with real and un-commercialized sex and why are we so uncomfortable with our own anatomies?

My self portrait is about my body. It is an exploration of my physical being and what it does; how it bends, how it twists, how it moves. This exploration is non-sexual, yet the human body is innately erotic. In this film my body is seen, cut into fetishized parts- my feet, my shoulders, my hips. However, I do not aim to objectify myself. This cutting of my body does not align with traditional feminist film theory, but I contend to assert that as the filmmaker, and sole creator of the piece, having done this “cutting” myself takes on a new meaning; a sense of self-reflection, of self-love, of comfort. I filmed the video with a tripod in a room by myself- and I want viewers to think about what kind of meaning filming the self in an intimate setting and not a third person subject creates.

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