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(1996)
Documentation Quicktime 2:30 minutes
A two-part video installation that
explores oppositional relations pertaining to lesbian identity,
specifically: speaking + silence, appearance + disappearance,
nostalgia + fantasy, discovery + repression. Film clips and
black & white photograph taken from Maëdchen in Uniform, 1931
(Director: Leontine Sagan) a German film about the doomed
lesbian love affair between a young schoolgirl and her teacher.
There is no audio in this installation.
Part 1: Black & white slow motion video sequence played on
a monitor. • 24" video monitor, VHS deck
Part 2: A video projection onto a black & white photographic
portrait suspended from the ceiling, about 5 feet away from
a wall. Video projection: approx. 5’ x 4’
Film still: 11" x 14" • Sony CPJ-100 mini Video Projector,
tripod, VHS deck.
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