The Pornographer
by Beatrice Favaretto, Italy 2021, 12'
SHOOTING AND EDITING: Beatrice Favaretto   PRODUCTION: Lo schermo dell’arte
SOUND AND POST-PRODUCTION: Stefano de Marco   LANGUAGE: sound

Schermo dell'Arte - Archivio Film    Presented at the 14th edition of Lo schermo dell'arte, 2021
   Film produced thanks to the crowdfunding campaign Artists' FIlm Italia Recovery Fund
 
The Pornographer is a film that was born within the Berlin post-porno scene thanks to the colaboration with director Emy Fem, sexworker and trans-feminist activist, who for years has dedicated herself to the creation of films, documentaries and performances aimed at the naturalization of sexuality and defense of the rights of sex workers. The Pornographer enters the sets of her latest creation Oily Fingers post-porno DIY (Do It Yourself Porn), shot between Dresden and Leipzig, in which the artist collaborated as the first camera. The work reflects the emotional state of the artist, trapped between a dimension of seduction and deep disorientation in front of a tangle of bodies with fluid and indefinite sexuality. Their explicit physicality, which calls into question the canons and roles imposed by mainstream pornography, becomes an invitation to confront our limits by welcoming the value of diversity.

Beatrice Favaretto 
Venice 1992, lives and works in Rome. In 2021 she was selected to participate in the Biennale College Arte 2021/22. She has participated in group exhibitions, including, most recently: Cinema Giorgione, Venice (2019); Villa Brandolini Pieve di Soligo (2018); Church of San Carlo, Reggio Emilia (2018).

Selected Filmography
2020 Liquid Sounds 2019 Oh l’amour 2015 Aborigine

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