Watch I am called Venus
- 2015
- 42 min
In this candid and voluptuous solo from La Chapelle du Verbe Incarn, Avignon, Chantal Loal draws inspiration from the story of 'Hottentot Venus' Sara Baartman. The South-African woman was exhibited as a freakshow attraction in Europe at the beginning of the 19th century due to her extraordinary body proportions.