23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

Sexe – Thym

Nathalie Harran

France

1993, 1'

A deep zoom shot that plays with the definitions of sexe (sex or sexual organ) and thym (thyme), which rhymes with the English word time, creating a game with words and images.

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