Erotisme, 2014
Rivane Neuenschwander
Video, 5:46 min

Ever the breakers of convention, Surrealists struck again when they provocatively altered the standard American Sign Language manual alphabet to invent their own erotic hand signalling chart. Published in 1947 by some of the greatest freethinkers of all time, the chart serves as a fruitful foundation for Rivane Neuenschwander’s artistic journey into the erotic and mysterious. A single elegant hand performs a variety of gestures, celebrating the Surrealists’ legacy while unleashing a new flow of erotic allusions.