A primary theme of this work is lesbian public sex. The idea of lesbian public sex confronts notions of sexual practice and the movement of women in public space. In this series of photographs I claim dark corners of the city and populate them with a lesbian (sexual) presence. A lesbian ‘flâneur’ couple wanders the sensual Montreal night. The shadowy figures, once discovered, shift the meaning of the images. The characters are more or less gender identifiable.
The photos present four viewpoints: that of the voyeur/passer-by observing the women in various locations in the city; urban nightscapes that the lovers see in their walk through the city; and from each of the lovers’ positions.
The installation views are from the exhibition at Gallery 44 (Toronto) in 2001.
Materials: Gelatin Silver prints mounted on aluminum
Produced 1996 through 2000
