Culture Mart: Yvan Greenberg, Genet Porno
Pete McCabe interviews Yvan Greenberg about the new work he is developing, Genet Porno, based on Jean Genet’s 1943 novel, Our Lady of the Flowers, deemed pornographic when first published for its "explicit homosexuality and depraved criminality" as it follows the loves and betrayals of a transvestite prostitute named Divine. The new work is framed by the production of a present-day gay porn video, incorporating narrative elements from the confessional videoblog of real-life porn star, Damon Dogg, and explores our 21st Century culture of narcissism, our relationship to pornography, and the consequences that result from blurring the lines between our public and private lives.
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