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Lady in Red (1996)

Lady in Red poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
4 min

How it feels

A Danish documentary from 1996 directed by Lisa Strombeck. It uses performance art to examine the relationship between artist, artwork, and viewer. The film incorporates autobiographical elements and parodies romanticized portrayals of women.

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What happens

Lady in Red er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1996, der er instrueret af Lisa Strömbeck. Lisa Strömbeck har i sine performancearbejder udforsket forholdet mellem kunstner, værk og beskuer i en grad, så det egentlige værk netop opstår i en direkte udveksling. I sine videoarbejder inddrager hun ofte selvbiografiske elementer, der i en tilsyneladende dokumentarisk form udtrykkes som kommentarer til individets handlemuligheder i verden af i dag. Filmen er en subtil parodi på det romantiske kvindebillede, der ligger til grund for den ledsagende sang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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