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The Physics of Love

Super-8 on video, 25 minutes,1998

Original Score: Mary Feaster
Characters: Lauren Helms, Stephen Helms, Diane Steinkamp, Felice Shays
Additional Voices: Stephanie Gilman, Virginia Helms
Voice: Bob Adrian


The Physics of Love is an experimental work which tells the story of an unresolved relationship. Using the laws of science as metaphor, the work explores domestic labor, disease, violence and desire, and how social relations becomes inscribed on
the body.

Awards

Grand Prize, US Super-8 Film Festival, 1999

Finalist, NYExpo of Short Film & Video, 1999

Honorable Mention, Experimental:
Chicago Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival, 1998

Special Mention, Locarno XIX Festival
of VideoArt, 1998