About

skinesthesi•a
by Vicky Funari
1994  /  18 minutes
Produced on Hi8 and BetaSP NTSC  /  Available as DVD, digital file or streaming

“A striking and original feminist work… Funari makes her points about pornography, performance and sexuality in an admirably unpretentious style.”  –Paul Bollwinkel, Bay Area Reporter

Synopsis

How does a woman’s body move? skin•es•the•si•a scrambles the cultural codes of female movement by juxtaposing images from the work of performance artist Hannah Sim with images of Sim working as a nude dancer in a peep show. It explores the rapport between one woman’s body and two performance environments. How are women perceived and typed through our own physical movements? What might a response of power to these codes and norms look like? What do we discover by embracing our otherness, by transforming it into a means of confronting the world?

See the Film

In Canada, please contact V Tape.
In the United States, please contact Producer/Director Vicky Funari directly for information on how to preview and purchase the film.

Team

Key Credits

Producer / Director / Camera / Editor: Vicky Funari
Co-producer / Editing Consultant: Heidi Jane Rahlmann
Performer: Hannah Sim
Choreography: Osseus Labyrint & Hannah Sim
Score: Pauline Oliveros / Deep Listening Band and Marilyn S. Zalkan

Press

“Examines the construction of gender through body parts and movement… a rap piece that is dangerous, poetically enoightening and ultimately enthralling.” –Edward Rubin, Greenwich Village Press
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“A striking and original feminist work… Funari makes her points about pornography, performance and sexuality in an admirably unpretentious style.” –Paul Bollwinkel, Bay Area Reporter
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Awards

  • Honorable Mention, FICC Jury, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, 1996
  • Jury Award, New York Expo of Short Film & Video, 1995
  • Director’s Choice, 19th Atlanta Film & Video Festival, 1995
  • Honorable Mention, University of Oregon Queer Film Festival, 1995

Selected Screenings

  • Film Arts Festival, San Francisco
  • Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco
  • MIX, the New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival, New York
  • Berlin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Berlin
  • New York Expo of Short Film & Video, New York
  • Atlanta Film & Video Festival, Atlanta, GA
  • Chicago International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Chicago
  • Charlotte Film & Video Festival, Charlotte, NC
  • Reel Women series, Clinton Street Theater, Portland, OR
  • University of Oregon Queer Film Festival, Eugene, OR
  • In exhibition “Re/Defining Lesbians: Power/Transition,” Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, San Antonio
  • Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
  • Viper International Film, Video & Multimedia Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Osnabrück European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
  • Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago
  • Telemanitas Women’s International Video Festival, Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City
  • MIX-Mexico, Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival, Mexico City
  • Images Film & Video Festival, Toronto
  • Mediawave International Visual Art Festival, Györ, Hungary
  • Broadcast on Stimulus Transmit cable series, San Francisco
  • Broadcast on Free Speech TV
  • Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco
  • LA Freewaves Biennial Festival, “Voyeurism Bus Tour,” Los Angeles

Film Stills

Photo credit for all stills: Vicky Funari