Short film
The Sweet Number - An Experience of Consumption
1969 · 7 min
A playful, cerebral performance piece that turns a box of chocolates into art, watched through a haze of degraded tape.
- Directed by
- Valie Export
- Starring
- Valie Export
- Overview
- The subtitle of this merry performance is "An Action Text", indicating that the artist's introduction for the vaudeville number was an inflammatory impetus. Export provides precise instructions for the use of a wrapped box of chocolate-covered candy produced by the renowned Viennese company Hofbauer. However, she has not made an advertisement for them and their presentation, but instead, she extols the packqge and confection as a work of art. Severe degradation of the surviving tape further blurs our perceptions.
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- Directed by
- Valie Export
- Starring
- Valie Export
