Praha Erotica - Simon Chang

- Simon Chang


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www.simon.chinito.com
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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.
~Alfred North Whitehead, Dialogues, 30 August 1941

This documentary series is not only a behind-the-scenes story of the porn industry in Prague, Czech Republic. With the image montage as such, I try to question the human side of this trade. After all, for those actors and actress going to the set and having sex with someone they hardly know as a daily/weekly job is certainly far beyond the imagination of most of us.

This human side of this business intrigues me a lot, although people might simply wonder if there is any…I’m not trying to make any conclusion, however, I focus on what’s happening on the other side of the cameras from the set, it seems a flow mixed with the most primitive human desire and also the most mysterious weakness of mankind.


Simon Chang
2.11.2009

The fim is commissioned by the "Transitland Europe" project 2009 - An archive of video art from eastern Europe, presenting the period of 1989 - 2009.

The international premier will be held during the Transmediale - Festival for art and digital culture Berlin from 11/6 - 11/9 together with Ispace Association Sofia and Ludwig Museum Budapest with the support of Culture 2007 - 2013 Programme of the European Commission.

http://www.transitland.eu/

http://www.hungaricum.de/

Screening time: 11/6 (to be updated)

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