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Actress and director Asia Argento created this mesmerising series of film shorts exclusively for SHOWstudio, presented as a 'video diary' with films uploaded at 12:00, 18:00 or 00:00 GMT each day between 16 and 25 October 2006. These shorts, captured during Argento's London promotion of the feature film Marie Antoinette, draw on DIY reportage aesthetics but are actually painstakingly directed by Argento and Nick Knight.
The films intertwine reality with fantasy, sometimes following a script devised by author Emma Forrest and hence blurring the line between fiction with reality. Interspersed amongst the narrative are films exploring the theme of 'Twenty-three words beginning with 'F',' sparking monologues on everything from fetish to Florence and allowing a tantalising and candid insight into Argento's mind (or perhaps not).
Originally presented as entries on the SHOWstudio blog, the comments made by SHOWstudio users are displayed alongside the films here, forming a narrative in themselves of viewers perceptions of Argento's actions and the suspension of disbelief as they follow the fiction/fact narrative of this unique film series.
Please note: A selection of the original 2006 films have become corrupted and cannot be shown. They are represented by stills and the original viewers' commentary from the SHOWstudio blog.
18:32 Tue 24 Oct 2006
Quoi qu'il en soit, Peau d'Ane l'ayant vu, ou en ayant beaucoup entendu parler avec éloge, ravie de pouvoir trouver un moyen d'être connue, s'enferma dans sa chambre, jeta sa vilaine peau, se décrassa le visage et les mains, se coiffa de ses blonds cheveux, mit un beau corset d'argent brillant, un jupon pareil, et se mit à faire le gâteau tant désiré : elle prit de la plus pure farine, des oeufs et du beurre bien frais. En travaillant, soit de dessein ou autrement, une bague qu'elle avait au doigt tomba dans la pâte, s'y mêla ; et dès que le gâteau fut cuit, s'affublant de son horrible peau, elle donna le gâteau à l'officier, à qui elle demanda des nouvelles du prince ; mais cet homme, ne daignant pas lui répondre, courut chez le prince lui apporter ce gâteau.
19:00 Tue 24 Oct 2006
hello my friend. the light, pours out of you. your friend, billy23 - the portals kid xxxxxx
19:03 Tue 24 Oct 2006
untill now for me the phonecalls with Marco were the less convincing seems like the boy already plays the role I spoke of earlier on,not as a student, but unreliable like I wrote
19:27 Tue 24 Oct 2006
It is an art project. Why are you discussing whether something is convincing or not?
08:04 Wed 25 Oct 2006
I knew that wasn't a good idea.