Título | Vertical Roll (Original) |
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Ano produção | 1972 |
Dirigido por | Joan Jonas |
Estreia |
1972
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Mundial
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Outras datas |
Duração | 20 minutos |
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Gênero | |
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In this well-known early tape, Jonas manipulates the grammar of the camera to create the sense of a grossly disturbed physical space. The space functions as a metaphor for the unstable identity of the costumed and masked female figure roaming the screen, negotiating the rolling barrier of the screen’s bottom edge. Making use of a jarring rhythmic technique to develop a sense of fragmentation, Vertical Roll uses a common television set malfunction of the same name to establish a constantly shifting stage for the actions that relate both to the nature of the image and to the artist’s projected psychological state.