Breaking the Frame
A portrait documentary that experimentally depicts the life and artistic world of Carolee Schneemann, who has been active for over 50 years as a pioneer of performance art and feminist art, greatly influencing contemporary body art and gender expression. Starting her career as an abstract painter, Carolee Schneemann eventually began using her own body as material, and in 1975 she presented the extremely important and radical feminist performance 'Interior Scroll'. Her works, which resisted physical oppression of women, vividly presented female sexuality and physicality in the male-dominated art world, causing a major shock. The film highlights the loneliness, anger, and passion for her work that Schneemann felt as she continuously challenged taboos, through her artwork records, illustrated diaries, and her own spoken words. The film will have its Japanese premiere as part of the special screening project 'Performance Art: A Film Festival Around Body and Space' (starting August 1, 2026, at Eurospace and other theaters nationwide).
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