Picture Cycle: Essays: Masha Tupitsyn
Feb 15, 2021
3 minutes
by JESSE CUMMING
Semiotext(e), 2020
Love has been a central concern of writer, artist, and educator Masha Tupitsyn throughout her career, appearing in the titles of both her 2013 book a Roland Barthes–inspired collection of brief reflections initially published as Tumblr posts, and (2015), an imageless 24-hour-long video in which the black screen serves as a backdrop for an edited audio compilation of movie sequences related to love and romance. It’s unsurprising, then, that one of the most resonant moments in Tupitsyn’s new essay collection, (2020), involves a discussion of onscreen kisses. “Kisses are
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