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Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
Feminist Art Base: Cabello/Carceller




Exercises of Power. Cases: Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List), Fred MacMurray, John Lemmon (The Apartment), DVD, b/w, sound, 8’15’’

Exercises of Power. Cases: Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List), Fred MacMurray, John Lemmon (The Apartment), DVD, b/w, sound, 8’15’’

Cabello/Carceller. Exercises of Power. Cases: Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List), Fred MacMurray, John Lemmon (The Apartment), DVD, b/w, sound, 8’15’’, 2005.

Description:
"Exercises of Power" explores the dynamics of power and subordination that lie behind the gender structures in capitalism. Shot in an abandoned tobacco factory, the video analyses the construction of masculine behavior in a working environment by recreating some significant film scenes played by Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List), Fred MacMurray and John Lemmon (The Apartment), and reinterpreted in this occasion by two women. The result is ambiguous, dealing with issues of sexual organization in capitalist societies and at the same time suggesting an underlying attraction generated by power strategies and offering new readings of beauty, far from stereotypes of femininity.

Medium:
Video

Tags:
video, Spain, power, masculinity, gender, queer, cinema, capitalism

Cabello/Carceller

Images
Exercises of Power. Cases: Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List), Fred MacMurray, John Lemmon (The Apartment), DVD, b/w, sound, 8’15’’Casting: James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause), DVD, colour, sound, 32’ 50’’Autorretrato como fuente (Self-Portrait as a Fountain), colour photography, 150 x 100 cm.Instrucciones de uso (Instructions for Use), DVD, colour, sound, 6’30’’Sin título (Utopia) # 9, colour photography, 50 x 70 cm.Alguna parte (SomeWhere) # 28, colour photography, 120 x 180 cm.Un beso (A Kiss), VHS transferred into DVD, b/w, sound, 4’

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Websites
www.elbabenitez.com

Location
Madrid, Madrid
Spain

Contact
cabellocarceller@gmail.com