Asparagus (1979, by Suzan Pitt) follows a face-less blonde woman who unleashes her fantasy and creativity into bizarre visions and events, conjuring and transforming objects with vibrating colors and forms that often acquire sexual connotations. While Asparagus is now considered…
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Articulating Interiors of longing and Desire: “Asparagus” (1979) by Suzan Pitt.
by Chloe Feinberg • November 11, 2015 • 2 Comments
In Suzan Pitt’s 1979 animated film Asparagus, we follow a faceless doll-like figure as she moves through sensuous domestic interiors; as she defecates asparagus stalks into a toilet bowl, as she watches a forest of tangled exotic plants and flowers…
Hidden from view/ing?
by Nichola Dobson • August 18, 2014 • 0 Comments
There seems to have been a resurgence of discussion of all things feminist recently, from the online campaigns of #everydaysexism, the attempts to outlaw Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practises[i], to the increasing voices of dissent among young female audiences, in…