Ask the Goddess

Ask the Goddess — Plot

Ask the Goddess is a provocative performance in which Schneemann interacts with the audience by responding to sexual and psychic dilemmas read from cards they have submitted. A continuous relay of projected slides comprises an iconography of Goddess symbols, taboo and sacred, including images of animal attributes. Schneemann reacts spontaneously to the questions; she channels cogent answers triggered by the unpredictable images and finds herself physically activated, turning into a howling wolf or crawling across the projection area, squealing like a pig.

• Release date
• January 1, 1991
• Runtime
• 9 min
• Director
• Carolee Schneemann

Ask the Goddess — Cast

Carolee Schneemann