Re: shunga

Beverley Hood wrote:

> shunga is a series of twelve downloadable screensavers (hense the
> twelve computers), based on an original Japanese Shunga scroll
> (Japanese erotic paintings and prints from the C17th - C19th). The
> twelve animations, one for each month of the year are created using
> typical 3D computer generated characters in order to represent and
> animate the explicit scenes of an original scroll. The work explores
> the relationship between sexually explicit material and varying
> cultural and historical attitudes. Bringing this inquiry into the
> contemporary sphere, the work provokes questions about the role of
> pornography and sexual content on the home computer, the work itself
> potentially inhabiting this environment.