You Are My Sister

Charles Atlas 

2006, 3:30 min, color, sound

You Are My Sister is Atlas' video visualization of the song by the acclaimed Anohni and the Johnsons (previously known as Antony and the Johnsons). Anohni's haunting anthem is paired with Atlas's processed images of thirteen "NYC Beauties," whose close-up portraits turn in hypnotic motion. These images were originally processed and projected live by Atlas for the performance piece Turning, a collaboration with Anohni and the Johnsons that merged the artists' distinctive and dramatic styles.