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In Curve Notes _ Stream
IndieLisboa
2023
Queer Porto
2023
Hand-painted watercolours explore bodies, desire, and the tension between both in this experimental animated film. Due to an explosion of colour and movement that escapes classical animation, an unusual sensorial force is achieved. Alternating colours, lines, and density, the drawings question pornography and normative sexuality.
Bio Flavia Regaldo
Flavia Regaldo (1984) is a visual artist from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, currently living in Lisbon, Portugal. Her work seeks to give shape to invisible tensions. It rethinks natural and social dichotomies and considers rhythm and chaos through both micro- and macro-perspectives.
In times of global violence, Flavia Regaldo’s pornographic animation In Curve Notes_Stream comes as an unintentional “make love, not war” message. The film depicts diverse sexual acts in a bold visual language where tensions of bodies are formed through lines and curves, rhythm and chaos. Its vibrant, ever-shifting watercolour drawings mirror the fluidity of genders, sexualities, and emotions. Regaldo shows us the emancipatory side of passionate lovemaking, unbound by the hostile world.
In Curve Notes_Stream raises questions of sexual liberation and pleasure as an act of freedom. By subverting traditional erotic representations and transforming them into vivid, near-abstract drawings, Regaldo challenges the male gaze, celebrates queer love, and redefines eroticism as a space of equality, fluidity, and empowerment. Playful sex scenes set in contextless surroundings, guided only by music, avoid overdefined sex roles and leave space for imagination and arousal.