denise prince
July 8, 2009
Image from "the latch is off"
Denise Prince’s short film the latch is off recounts an early and culturally shameful sexual experience.
Prince, positions the experience, and therefore a more honest view of sexuality, as an integral part of a state of being whole.
The piece can be viewed at www.deniseprince.com – the second miniature square under portfolio one.
Denise Prince’s video and performance work is complex and problematic. She addresses culpability, looking good, intimacy, betrayal, unguarded pleasure and a desire for authentic connection with unexpected honesty.
Hi Denise,
Thanks for posting. I’ve long been interested in the dynamic of shame affect. It’s a strong emotion for women in particular, and being able to transform it into something empowering is tricky but useful.
s.
thank you Susan,
I hear you. But I’m convinced it’s simply choice, applied over and over until believed. No longer tricky. Just new force of habit. Sounds so good to say. I guess that comes from someone who’s pushed far enough past it’s boundary that I can no longer return.
cheers and cheers
Denise