Sleeping with the Devil (1990) dir. Reza Andoh

The very first thing I did after I found out I was HIV positive was a video called Sleeping with the Devil. I became a lot more conscious of the body, the excoriation of the body as a tool. And I consciously, or unconsciously, infused the piece with that idea. I m preoccupied with the body and with shit and cum and all the other stuff. I like to concentrate on excavation, excretion, things like that. I think it has something to do with the diagnosis. But I don t think I m concerned with that only because of my condition. There are a number of ideas and concepts I m concerned with and excited by that aren t necessarily linked to my condition. But my condition informs me, my psyche, my mentality, my sexuality, my being. It s not something I can look away from or put on the sidelines or not make part of, in some way, everything I Reza Abdoh