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William E. Jones – The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography
1st-31st August
The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography is a short video work composed of found pornographic footage from the early 1990s, following the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. The film presents encounters between Western men and younger Eastern European men, capturing a moment of geopolitical transition through intimate, transactional exchanges. Stripped of conventional narrative, the work foregrounds the bodies, gestures, and dynamics of looking, revealing underlying tensions of desire, power, and economic disparity.
William E. Jones, based in LA, makes films, film installations, paintings, reconstructs and restores works from marginal masters, teaches, curates, writes about the cinema and creates art books. Through all these mediums, he explores sexuality, history, and systems of power. His films have been shown internationally, including at Anthology Film Archives in New York, the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna, and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, among many others.