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Surface Damage
1992, 14:00 minutes, colour
TAPECODE 9731
A variety of scars on women's bodies are shown and categorized as either "surgical", "self-inflicted", or "other". These categories break down as the tape progresses, interrupted from time to time by scenes from a scarification. The scars and scarring sequences are interspersed with appropriated images of mountains and avalanches, with accompanying text. A metaphor is developed between natural disasters and the arbitrary control and violence which affects women. The scarification is done in an attempt to gain self-determination and to transcend the loss of power over the body.
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