Titles by Peggy Ahwesh
- 73 Suspect Words
- Beirut Outtakes
- Bethlehem
- From Romance to Ritual
- Heaven's Gate
- Martina's Playhouse
- Nocturne
- Philosophy in the Bedroom
- She Puppet
- Strange Weather
- The Blackest Sea
- The Color of Love
- The Deadman
- The Falling Sky
- The Fragments Project
- The Scary Movie
- The Star Eaters
- The Third Body
- The Vision Machine
- Warm Objects
The Vision Machine
Here Ahwesh's heterogeneous textual approach comes to the fore, as she juxtaposes narrative, faux documentary, comedic and "serious" footage, and merges film, video, and Pixelvision. Suggestions and meanings accumulate: austere, theoretical text is interrupted by shots of women relating bawdy (sexist) jokes; classic R&B music plays while women stomp on records and pour alcohol on the floor. The Vision Machine is a fragmented inquiry into issues of gender, language and representation.
With: Lucy Smith, Dierdre Larson, Serra, Debbie, Joan, Raiko, Diane, Emily, Lana, Eve, Jennifer, Daphne, Cathy. Text Animation: Keith Sanborn. Online Editor: Brian Decubellis. Sound Mix: John McGeehan. Thanks: Courtney Harmel, Harvestworks, 29th Street Video. Funded in part by The Jerome Foundation and Art Matters Inc.
This is a video transfer of a work initially shot on film. This is best shown as a projection, to reflect the original medium.
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