“but touch touch touch touching but think think think thinking”

Bedtime Stories at underscore presents Barbara Hammer’s 1988 trilogy of video work by the same name alongside a selection of photographs by Los Angeles based artist Sam Richardson.

The chosen photographs from the artist's personal collection represent a response to existent themes in Hammer’s rarely screened video. In both the video and photographs, daily rituals and fleeting moments of intimacy are elevated and complicated by the presence of the camera. 

A harness lies on a rumpled sheet. A dildo rests on the edge of the bathtub. Bodies of water capture and release us. A haircut becomes a site of renewal. Conversations float across hot tubs. Windows, doorways, and mirrors frame bodies in repose and in pleasure. The glowing green lights of the night club beckon. Join us, won’t you?