Film Screening – Ask the Goddess

As part of the GODDESSES 3.0 exhibition, on view February 25 – April 10, the Ramapo College Art Galleries are pleased to present a screening of Carolee Schneemann’s Ask the Goddess (1991).

Ask the Goddess is a provocative performance in which Schneemann interacts with the audience by responding to sexual and psychic dilemmas read from cards they have submitted. A continuous relay of projected slides comprises an iconography of Goddess symbols, taboo and sacred, including images of animal attributes. Schneemann reacts spontaneously to the questions; she channels cogent answers triggered by the unpredictable images and finds herself physically activated, turning into a howling wolf or crawling across the projection area, squealing like a pig. (Description via Electronic Arts Intermix).

Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion featuring Rachel Churner, director of the Carolee Schneemann Foundation, and Donna Kessinger, co-curator of GODDESSES 3.0 and feminist video artist.

Location TBA

Image: Carolee Schneemann, Ask the Goddess, 1991. Photo courtesy of the Carolee Schneemann Foundation.