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An experimental short film that subverts the 'male gaze' through its objectification of men, Heaven zeros in on the surfing culture and, in particular, on several dozen good-looking, muscular surfers changing into or out of their swimming trunks.
Further Reference:
Natalya Lusty, 'Masculinity and Whiteness in Tracey Moffatt's Heaven'.
(http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/resources.ashx/events.transcripts/9/PDF/41E12FE901ADF3E55A17D72D8FF31490/Lusty.pdf)
Isabelle Aeby Papaloïzos, 'Heaven 1997' in New Media Encyclopedia.
(http://www.newmedia-art.org/cgi-bin/show-oeu.asp?ID=O0019361&lg=GBR)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Who in Heaven? : Tracey Moffatt : Men in Wet-Suits and the Female Gaze
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Narrative Theory , Winter vol. 33 no. 1 2003; (p. 63-80)
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Who in Heaven? : Tracey Moffatt : Men in Wet-Suits and the Female Gaze
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Narrative Theory , Winter vol. 33 no. 1 2003; (p. 63-80)
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