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A Lineage of Spectral Femininty / Edition of 20


THE INCANTATION OF GRADIVA

Operating as a mythopoeic film, the sacrificial script is imposed upon the feminine. Drawing on the spirit of Hélène Cixous's fascination with Wilhelm Jensen’s Pompeian fantasy novel Gradiva, as well as on Sigmund Freud’s essay Delusion and Dream…, these moving images interrogate theological narratives that have historically conscripted women into cycles of self-erasure. 






Year: 2025
super 8 film & digital 4k
7m:43s
filmed with the assistance of Ellyse Egan, Griffin Morse, and the Prelinger Archives
featuring SABINE
original score by Angelo Scott
audio mastering by Christopher Paul Klarer


Screened:
The Portland Darkroom.
Portland, Or. 2025
South Sound Experimental Film Festival.
Tomorrow Theater / Pam Cut
Portland, Or. 2026