The Exquisite Corpus

Dir: Peter Tscherkassky

With raw materials from several erotic and nudist films, Tscherkassky brings us to a dream of a nude sleeping beauty on the beach. Creation of sources from different origins coheres the spirit of ‘cadavre exquis (exquisite corpus)’, a writing and drawing technique of surrealists from Paris in the 1920s. According to Tscherkassky, the film title also represents analogue cinema: ‘an exquisite corpus but stamped with an expiration date. The exact date remains unknown, but it is foreseeable.’

Peter Tscherkassky (1958-)
Tscherkassky is an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker whose works are mostly based on found footage and made in the darkroom by hand. He focuses on the materiality of film and has been experimenting in analogue filmmaking since 1979. His films have been honoured with numerous awards and been shown in major film festivals and exhibitions around the world.