THE INSATIABLES

The Insatiables (2024) is a collage of moving images and sound that seeks to create different poetics through the random combination of elements. The installation features five televisions, each playing a gay pornographic film made between the 70s and 80s. At the center, we find two films: Forbidden Letters (1979) and Passing Strangers (1974), both created by Arthur J. Bressan Jr. (1943 – 1987), which function as the protagonists of the installation. In both films, much of the narration is conducted through the reading of correspondence between lovers, an act of self-exploration of one's own feelings. Accompanying Bressan's pieces, we find: A Ghost of a Chance (1973) by Gorton Hall (1932 -1985); Johan (1976) by Philippe Vallois (1948); Équation à un inconnu (1980) by Francis Savel (?);Les Minets Sauvages (1984) by Jean-Michel Cadinot (1944 -2008). These other films serve as triggers for the creation of different poetics and readings through the combination of images and sounds. Each film is played on a loop and has a diverse duration, allowing the work to be a living entity, a constantly changing puzzle, a Cadavre Exquis, a game of chance. The sex scenes are removed to avoid possible prejudices and to appreciate the richness of the images, dialogues, and sounds of the films.