SOUND OF BURLESQUE

Between the stage and reality

SOUND OF BURLESQUE is the fifth edition of the pXXy PORN artbook series by GOTT&GILZ. The series, created in 2019, explores the world of burlesque and the relationship between public staging and private moments.

In collaboration with seven burlesque dancers, photographs were created in the studio as well as behind and in front of the stage of the Hamburg Indra. While the stage shots are characterized by costumes, poses, and deliberately staged theatrics, the backstage photographs show the artists during their preparations, away from the audience.

The photographs by Roman Gilz have been partially reworked by Gott Gordan in a painterly manner. Colourful interventions alter the original visual relationships and add another artistic dimension to the photographic representation.

The series moves between self-representation and observation, between the consciously staged appearance and the moments before it. In doing so, the different forms of presentation become visible, without the stage character having to play against a supposedly more authentic person behind the scenes.
The works were presented in September 2019 as part of the Reeperbahn Festival at the Erotic Art Museum in Hamburg.

SOUND OF BURLESQUE – pXXy PORN No. 5

2019 · 32 pages including cover · four colors
DIN A6
ISBN 978-3-00-063608-0