sex and death (talk by Denise Pelletier, part 2)
April 8th, 2008 | fine arts
Continuing from part 1 of the talk, I am posting the rest of the slides. I realized that this isn’t the best format to present a talk, and will come up with something better next time. Continue to see more images and some captions.
the artist at Kohler factory residency
This is the end of her “feeder” period; I felt that the form, shape and the idea of the feeder has been explored a bit too much and while they are still strong concepts, I yarned to a departure from this shape.
the interior of an industrial brick kiln
the artist never explained about this image. Creepy isn’t it.
Denise Pelletier concluded the talk with her favorite image (above), explaining that at the end of the war, the state urged the women to return to home (after working in the supply factories during the war) and by making the phone phallic, it’s a subliminal message that aim to keep women at home. I won’t get into whether I agree or not, but It indeed demonstrates the point she made at the beginning of the talk: sex and death is her thing.
