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Fetish

Audience Score
100
Fetish
NR 11 min
Fetish unfolds at Londons Freud Museum depicting the yearly nighttime cleaning of the psychoanalysts personal collection of archeological statues and artifacts Exposing the unseen procedural activities of the museum the material and exquisitely mundane qualities of these objects are disclosed The leading protagonistsanalyst patient and tourist visitorare present only in the objects endless accumulation of dust and its painstaking methodical removal The artists rendering of the ritual cleaning allows for a reverse gaze at Freuds personal collection and furniturealternately tender projective and voyeuristic as the conservators brush sweeps the delicate surfaces of each object or pulls back fabric upon fabric to reveal a couchs hidden structure Through subtle parallels these objects processes and the intimate empathy their simultaneous systems each suggest are both mirrored and revealed
DirectorAmie Siegel

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Movie Tags:
woman director