Digital Cultural Heritage

Tigerin

1981, 2 min
Directed by: Ashley Hans Scheirl
Camera: Norbert Gmeindl
Cast: Ashley Hans Scheirl
Collection: Kontakt Collection, Vienna
Scheirl moves towards the camera like a predator, her naked body painted with a tiger pattern in a room framed by scaffolding. Tiger stripes are partially projected onto her body. Faces with grimaces reminiscent of children's drawings appear as fragments in the picture. Behind it is the (lost) painting Selbstportrait als Tigerin (in reference to Maria Lassnig). (Text: Magdalena Steffan/Ashley Hans Scheirl/Silvia Eiblmayr – Kontakt Collection)