Stefan Ruitenbeek

A gathering of dilettantes and professors made their way to the courthouse to witness a sublime travesty: the state prosecuting artist Ben Lunato for blasphemy against the god of our age: woman. The result is a courtroom trying to decide whether sacred images are still allowed to be mocked. This film shows the trial in full. Law professor Bart Jansen explains how the law attempts to colonise reality and art.

Stefan Ruitenbeek utilizes his artistic freedom to create art in the domain of porn. Under Ruitenbeek’s direction, the actors and actresses then concentrated their efforts on bringing an unusual narrative to life on-screen. Through the haze of porn images and chaos on the set, we see how the people involved in the film, including the artist, seize upon this curious exercise in an attempt to escape cultural classifications.