Lovely Andrea relates to the search for a photograph taken in Tokyo around 1987. The photo shows the artist half naked and tied up, a bondage picture in the nawashibari style, characterised by women bound and suspended in the air. Today Japanese bondage is a subgenre of pornography. But it developed from the martial arts, hojojutsu being the act of using of a rope to capture, transport and torture criminals. An aestetic act from the start, only in the late 19th and early 20th centuries did it acquire a sensual and erotic dimension.
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Country:
Austria
Country:
Japan
Running Time:
30 min
Release Date:
2007
Director(s):
Hito Steyerl
Screening(s):
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 9:30pm 
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