These Ladies That I Checked Out

I remember when we were asked to “check out these ladies” on Carole’s blog.  I did indeed check them out, but I didn’t post about what I had seen.  I think part of the reason I didn’t write a post was because everything on the website was just clips from their pieces or nothing at all, and I had a hard time finding the ones I was interested in like, The Adventures of a Nurse by Eleanor Antin, and there were so many artists I think I was a bit overwhelmed, so I felt it difficult to respond.  What I did feel was girl power, woo, these ladies have got somethin’ to say!  I was also interested in Susan Mogul’s Take Off, which was in response to Acconci, again I was unable to find the whole video, all I got was the first 30 seconds or so.  I am amazed, however by the sheer volume of video there is out there and how it has this funny way of seeping deep inside oneself, well, myself anyways.  I can become almost as lost in one of these short videos as I do in a full length motion picture, I can become as easily moved or grossed out by them as well.  Lynda Benglis’s Now, and Hermine Freed’s Two Faces, seemed to have been inspired by one another, I think Two Faces was done a year earlier, but the use of the split screen and the double image of the same person shows a sense of control put back into the hands of these women.  While Freed kisses her own image Benglis comes close but not on purpose.  I would love to see some of these videos in their entirety.

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