Blame, 2002. 59sec. color, stereo.
Blame (2002) uses footage from the movie Gilda (USA 1945) as a reference to the nuclear test on the Bikini Islands in 1946 which was named „Gilda“ after Rita Hayworth’s iconic movie. Her picture in a low-cut gown was painted on the bomber plane. In the video, images from Gilda’s famous strip tease number Put the Blame on Mame are reworked to become an explosive dance sequence, exploring the link between Eros, death, beauty and destruction, and the relationship between glamour and power, eroticism and political ideology.
From the press release for the screening at “Mondovision”, K34 Berlin, 2003, Marina Sorbello.
