Breath Text: Love Poem
Hauchtext: Liebesgedicht
Synopsis
Breath Text is a powerfully simple performance in which VALIE EXPORT creates tension by breathing compulsively. “she breathes heavily at the video camera lens while slowly moving her face across it, fogging up the entire space with her lung’s volume. Her piece takes Olson’s breathy poem ‘Gli Amanti’ a step further, not just aiming to capture the particularities of one’s pronunciation in an individual speech act but substituting the specific make her body creates – her ‘breath text,’ the moist gasp on the window glass in front of her – for the signs one would use to write an actual, linguistic ‘love poem.’” – Lisa Siraganian
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Valie Export
- Original Title
- Hauchtext: Liebesgedicht
- Country of Origin
- Austria
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 2m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Valie Export
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Valie Export
Director
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What is Breath Text: Love Poem about?
Breath Text is a powerfully simple performance in which VALIE EXPORT creates tension by breathing compulsively. “she breathes heavily at the video camera lens while slowly moving her face across it, fogging up the entire space with her lung’s volume. Her piece takes Olson’s breathy poem ‘Gli Amanti’ a step further, not just aiming to capture the particularities of one’s pronunciation in an individual speech act but substituting the specific make her body creates – her ‘breath text,’ the moist gasp on the window glass in front of her – for the signs one would use to write an actual, linguistic ‘love poem.’” – Lisa Siraganian
Who directed Breath Text: Love Poem?
Breath Text: Love Poem was directed by Valie Export.
Who stars in Breath Text: Love Poem?
The principal cast of Breath Text: Love Poem includes Not specified.
When was Breath Text: Love Poem released and how long is it?
Breath Text: Love Poem was released in 1973 with a total runtime of 2m.