The Matrixial Gaze

The Matrixial Gaze is a 1995 book by painter and clinical psychologist Bracha L. Ettinger. It is a work of feminist film theory that examines the gaze as described by Jacques Lacan. Beginning in 1985, Ettinger's artistic practice and her articulation of her ideas culminated in what she called the matrixial theory of trans-subjectivity, a concept that has influenced debates in contemporary art, psychoanalysis, women's studies and cultural studies.