Lovely Andrea

Overview

If all pictures became current, in that they pass by and in doing so, are connectable with one another, whether elegantly or obscenely, through translation or association—how would it be possible to fasten down a picture? Hito Steyerl’s light-hearted picture translations are about fastening things in an elegant-obscene way: In Tokyo she is looking for a photo series that she posed for in 1987 as a “rope bondage” model. While making inquiries with experts and authorities in the bondage arts (which are mainly marketed online nowadays), she found what she was looking for in a magazine archive. The cinematic tension is extremely high just now says the translator while Steyerl looks through photos of herself from her days as a film student.

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Cast

Hito Steyerl

Herself

Steve Osada

Himself

Asagi Ageha

Herself

Chimuo Nureki

Himself

Matthias T. J. Grimme

Himself

Yutaka Matsumoto

Himself

Kinichi Tanaka

Himself

Andrea Wolf

Self (archive footage)