My friend Tanya makes fascinating video art that explores the borderlands between the public and the private. In a culture obsessed with reality and authenticity (see my Peggy Selzer post), her work manages to both exist autonomously as art and to self-reflexively critique the modes through which we perform and embody our lives. One of these days I will ask her whether I can write the essay on her art that I have brewing in my head. All this to say, Tanya's uploaded a bunch of her videos onto this website: http://tanyabezreh.blip.tv. Some of them are recordings of live performance pieces she's created and some of them, like the DIY Holiday Musical, are self-contained "films." Go check out her stuff if you get a chance. She also blogs. Whether or not you think analytically about media like I do, you can appreciate how cute and endearing Tanya is, and admire how her work manages to be both joyful and candid, whimsical and analytical. p.s. I stole that image from Tanya's website.
Monday, March 31, 2008
real live girl
My friend Tanya makes fascinating video art that explores the borderlands between the public and the private. In a culture obsessed with reality and authenticity (see my Peggy Selzer post), her work manages to both exist autonomously as art and to self-reflexively critique the modes through which we perform and embody our lives. One of these days I will ask her whether I can write the essay on her art that I have brewing in my head. All this to say, Tanya's uploaded a bunch of her videos onto this website: http://tanyabezreh.blip.tv. Some of them are recordings of live performance pieces she's created and some of them, like the DIY Holiday Musical, are self-contained "films." Go check out her stuff if you get a chance. She also blogs. Whether or not you think analytically about media like I do, you can appreciate how cute and endearing Tanya is, and admire how her work manages to be both joyful and candid, whimsical and analytical. p.s. I stole that image from Tanya's website.
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