How does the experience of pain shape our understanding of who we are?
An exploration of the artist/muse dynamic, and the ripple effect of pain.
“The mirror was often used as a symbol of the vanity of woman. The moralizing, however, was mostly hypocritical.
You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, you put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting 'Vanity', thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for your own pleasure.” - John Berger, 1972
“The mirror was often used as a symbol of the vanity of woman. The moralizing, however, was mostly hypocritical.
You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, you put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting 'Vanity', thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for your own pleasure.” - John Berger, 1972
Directed by Sabina Schilling
Role of the Artist: Emile Burgoyne
Role of the Muse: Sabina Schilling
Cinematography by Emile Burgoyne
Role of the Artist: Emile Burgoyne
Role of the Muse: Sabina Schilling
Cinematography by Emile Burgoyne