Documentation of a gallery installation about the repoduction process and how gender roles vary in a sexual relationship. The videos show the heads of men and women during masturbation, placed atop the symbolic representation of gender in our culture. The genital region of the female character has been replaced by an abstract hand drawn animation showing the stereotypical and symbolic coupling of a penis and a vagina. This loops over and over as the heads on top begin to switch, challenging what is considered to be standard and heterosexual gender norms.
My name is Erin Zerbe, and I'm a multimedia artist working in video, photography, performance, and new media. My work specializes in human interactions and relationships with the body, tackling issues of body image and cultural perceptions of fatness. Currently I teach at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Kinetic Imaging and Art Foundations Departments. Artist. Professor. Troublemaker. I wear my titles with pride.