Jimmy DeSana & Paul P.
Women I Love

As part of the program accompanying Jimmy DeSana & Paul P. – Ruins of Rooms, KW presents four video works that expand on the exhibition’s themes of portraiture, interiority, friendship and love within the LGBTQ2+ community. Barbara Hammer (b. 1939, d. 2019, US) was an experimental filmmaker and visual artist. Her film Women I Love (1976) portrays friends and lovers intersecting with nature. Snapshots of lesbian realities and sexuality meet cinematic play with fruit and vegetables. British filmmaker and critic Caroline Sheldon has been an integral part of the queer film scene since the 1970s. 17 Rooms (Or What Do Lesbians Do in Bed?) (1985) moves between 17 bedrooms and contrasts the suggestive title of her work with intimate, everyday scenes from the lives of the women portrayed while questioning heteronormative ideas of queer relationships. Fronza Woods (b. 1943, US) is a writer and filmmaker who has also worked as a camerawoman on independent films. Her film Killing Time (1979) reveals the quirky, ironic and humorous dilemma of a suicide that is not a suicide because the protagonist fails to choose the right outfit. Wood’s work Fannie’s Film (1981) portrays Mrs. Fannie Drayton, who tells us about her life and dreams as she goes about her work as a cleaner.

The screening begins with a short introduction by assistant curator Linda Franken and lasts approximately 60 minutes.

Fronza Wood’s films Killing Time and Fannie’s Film were restored by the Academy Film Archive. Both of Woods‘ films and Caroline Sheldon’s 17 Rooms (Or What Do Lesbians Do in Bed?) are distributed by Women Make Movies.