Draped in White

(Unter weissen Tüchern)

GDR, 1983, 9 min, color
No dialogue
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Synopsis

Painter and performance artist Cornelia Schleime’s Draped in White, based on her performance series (1982-84), is a surreal reference to both a bridal veil and the bandaged, cloaked and wrapped female body. The motifs of immobility and imprisonment are references to the political situation in East Germany.

 

Schleime, a strong feminist voice in the East German underground art scene, moved to West Berlin in 1984.

 

Available on the DVD Counter Images: GDR Underground Films, 1983-1989.

Streaming rights: ex.oriente.lux. Archive and director.

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