Barbara Hammer

In the aftermath of the American avant-garde period, media artist Barbara Hammer, armed with two samurai swords, traverses her own body and reborn sexuality. To the rhythm of diary excerpts read aloud and aggressive string music, she chains herself up, buries her head in the sand, and masturbates among her houseplants, while the neighbourhood children watch from outside.

Barbara Hammer is a pioneer in lesbian cinema. In her over fifty-year career, she has made both classic and more experimental films in which gender roles and female relationships are central.