The Sweet Number - An Experience of Consumption

(1969)

Year: 1969

Runtime: 7 мин

Country: Austria

Director: Valie Export

Cast: Valie Export

Plot

The subtitle of this merry performance is "An Action Text", indicating that the artist's introduction for the vaudeville number was an inflammatory impetus. Export provides precise instructions for the use of a wrapped box of chocolate-covered candy produced by the renowned Viennese company Hofbauer. However, she has not made an advertisement for them and their presentation, but instead, she extols the packqge and confection as a work of art. Severe degradation of the surviving tape further blurs our perceptions.