Porn Filmfestival

2012

Sex, love and videotape

This anthology celebrates the wit and boldness of songwriters, performers and video directors in dealing with different expressions of carnal pleasure, desire, intimacy, affection and the body in their work over the last thirty years. Sex, love and videotape ranges from the first high-profile clip to be censored in the United States to explicit productions currently making the rounds on the web.

Promotional poster for “Sex, love and videotape”

Promotional poster. Stills from the music video
“Twin flames”, courtesy of Saam Farahmand

In 1982, the music video for Queen’s single Body language became the first high-profile pop promo to be deemed unsuitable for American television audiences because of its homoerotic undertones and excessive amount of half-bared flesh. Interestingly, the risk of getting banned didn’t prevent entertainers from producing more racy material in the decades that followed. Quite the contrary... The unruly Internet is where most of the clips get played these days, but two things didn’t change as time went by and screens got smaller: sex still sells and you still have to scavenge through a lot of garbage to find stuff that’s really appealing to the senses. This pansexual showcase features clips conceived in different eras (before mtv stopped playing music / after YouTube established itself as the audiovisual outlet of choice) by outstanding artists from both sides of the Atlantic. Curated by Evan Romero for the Porn Filmfestival Berlin, it was also screened at the Skeive Filmer in Oslo and the Kortfilmfestivalen in Grimstad.