Brice Dellsperger

A woman visits a psychiatrist, but she has a hidden agenda. Likewise, the therapist is not all that he appears to be; he listens to the analysand with concern but also with an underlying, almost sinister, sense of lust. The scene is from Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill, in which nothing is as it appears, and in which its protagonists role-play, play-act and dress-up. A perfect text, then, to serve as the template for Brice Dellsperger’s Body Double 37.

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of James Bridges's Perfect

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of James Bridges's Perfect

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of James Bridges's Perfect

For Body Double 35, Dellsperger takes the second scene from Xanadu. Played by choreographer/dancer François Chaignaud, a sprightly group of Muses emerges dancing from a painting on the wall. At an exhibition at the Swiss Institute in 2016 Dellsperger reproduced the wall painting and in a strange switch the creation of the set precedes the idea of the film, even becoming its trigger. The entire equilibrium of things seems to be affected : the shots are reversed and Kira dances backwards until she becomes one with the wall. The loop is closed.

For Body Double 35, Dellsperger takes the second scene from Xanadu. Played by choreographer/dancer François Chaignaud, a sprightly group of Muses emerges dancing from a painting on the wall. At an exhibition at the Swiss Institute in 2016 Dellsperger reproduced the wall painting and in a strange switch the creation of the set precedes the idea of the film, even becoming its trigger. The entire equilibrium of things seems to be affected : the shots are reversed and Kira dances backwards until she becomes one with the wall. The loop is closed.

For Body Double 32, Dellsperger takes the second scene from Carrie. Played by androgynous model Alex Wetter, a happy gang of girls are whooping it up under the showers in a high school locker room where the rows of lockers seem to double up and form a space-time loop. The loop comes to an end as, one by one, they disappear into the steam and turn into infinite variations on one of their number : Carrie. Still under the shower, Carrie herself seems unaware of what is going on around her. With a touch of sensuality the camera suggests that the child is becoming a woman. Terror-stricken, Carrie sees that her hands are covered with blood.

For Body Double 32, Dellsperger takes the second scene from Carrie. Played by androgynous model Alex Wetter, a happy gang of girls are whooping it up under the showers in a high school locker room where the rows of lockers seem to double up and form a space-time loop. The loop comes to an end as, one by one, they disappear into the steam and turn into infinite variations on one of their number : Carrie. Still under the shower, Carrie herself seems unaware of what is going on around her. With a touch of sensuality the camera suggests that the child is becoming a woman. Terror-stricken, Carrie sees that her hands are covered with blood.

For Body Double 32, Dellsperger takes the second scene from Carrie. Played by androgynous model Alex Wetter, a happy gang of girls are whooping it up under the showers in a high school locker room where the rows of lockers seem to double up and form a space-time loop. The loop comes to an end as, one by one, they disappear into the steam and turn into infinite variations on one of their number : Carrie. Still under the shower, Carrie herself seems unaware of what is going on around her. With a touch of sensuality the camera suggests that the child is becoming a woman. Terror-stricken, Carrie sees that her hands are covered with blood.

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Passion

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Passion

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Dressed to Kill

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Dressed to Kill

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Mike Nichols' Postcards From The Edge

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Mike Nichols' Postcards From The Edge

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Thomas Carter's Miami Vice Pilot (Brother's Keeper)

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Thomas Carter's Miami Vice Pilot (Brother's Keeper)

Brice Dellsperger's adaptation of Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon I/II with Dead Can Dance's The Host Of Seraphim as a soundtrack

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's In A Year With Thirteen Moon

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Sidney J. Furie's The Entity

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Steven Spielberg's E. T. intro for Jean-Luc Verna's Funky Town reprise

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Roger Avary's The Rules of Attractions featuring V/VM's sound design

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Baillie Walsh's Massive Attack Be Thankful For What You've Got

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Mike Hodges' Flash Gordon

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of David Lynch's Mullholland Drive

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Ken Russell's Women In Love

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Ken Russell's Women In Love

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Ken Russell's Women In Love

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Ken Russell's Women In Love

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Dressed to Kill

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of John Badham's Saturday Night Fever

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of John Badham's Saturday Night Fever

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Andrzej Zulawski's That Most Important Thing: Love

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Blow Out

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Obsession

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Obsession

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Blow Out

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Richard Marquand's The Return of The Jedi

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Blood Sisters

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Blood Sisters

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Dressed To Kill in Disneyland

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho as Donna Summer in Bad Girls

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Body Double

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Body Double

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Dressed To Kill

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Baillie Walsh's Massive Attack Be Thankful For What You've Got