The Lamps
2015 | 00:04:14 | United States | English | Color | Stereo | 16:9 | HD video
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Animals, Art History, Feminism, LGBTQ, Poetry


The Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven né Plotz, was an unsung member of the Dada Movement. A poet, artist, runaway, and all around public provocateur; she actively did not fit into her historical moment, and like most misfits, suffered for it. As with many women artists throughout history, her cultural legacy has been obscured and in some instances appropriated into the oeuvres of better known male peers.
THE LAMPS details her trip to the Naples Archeological Museum in the early 1900’s where she breaks into 'Il Gabinetto Segretto,' a secret room filled with erotic objects from Pompeii.
The Baroness is not a futurist. She is the future. Marcel Duchamp
Prizes + Awards
Best Experimental Short film, OUTFEST, Los Angeles, 2015
Premiere
OUTFESTLos Angeles
2015
Exhibitions + Festivals
slought Foundation, Philadelphia, 2015
Simon Preston Gallery, New York, 2015
DESE/Beijing, China, 2015
Anthology Film Archives, 2014
Ann Arbor Fim Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, 2014
11th Queer City Cinema Internatinoal Film Festival, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2014
Cinéma du Réel, Paris, France, 2013
Jihlava International Documentary Festival, Czech Republic, 2013
MARFICI/Documentary Competition, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2013
Platinum Section, OUTFEST, Los Angeles, CA, 2013