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HE ROOM IS DARK AND SILENT, aside from the arrhythmic, breathing bodies sharing this space. Images of crevices and canyons shot in the deserts of the American West are over-laid with the transparent glow of vulvas in all shapes and sizes, a convivial gathering of millennia-old vaginas. Rocky strata merge with fleshy folds into a palette of browns and deep reds. a silent film because she “wanted the audience to hear themselves breathe,” your own body becoming the soundtrack for this erotic landscape.

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