Sheer Indulgence

2021

16 mm film transferred to digital video, sound, 8 min 4 sec

Directing, producing, editing: Marge Monko

Cinematography: Alis Mäesalu

Production Design: Jaana Jüris

Music: Vera ViceThe film is inspired by the symbolic, cultural, and aesthetic role of stockings in history. Performed by four actors, the choreography of the video is based on the imagery from 1970s and 1980s hosiery advertisements and commercials as well as on moments in history, like the shortage of nylon hosiery during World War II. The title Sheer Indulgence is borrowed from the pantyhose line introduced in 1978 by Burlington Textile Company. It’s a wordplay, first of all referring to the material quality of tights (sheerness) but also suggesting that wearing those products would provide an incomparable satisfaction.