Video is not television, Performance is not theatre
Body Politic, June 1980, no. 64, pp. 29-32
This article explores role reversal, interrupted communications, sexual tension and latent rage in the work of video and performance artists whose tools can be the weapons of social change. Artists whose work is explored in depth include Colin Campbell, General Idea, Martha Rosler, Elizabeth Chitty and Lisa Steele.
ITEM 1980.041 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Birthday Suit - With Scars and Defects – Lisa Steele
Demo Model:Images of Women domesticated, colonized – Elizabeth Chitty
Casting Call – Susan Britton
Peepers – John Watt
You Can't Really Own a Found Object – Robert Hamon
Woman From Malibu – Colin Campbell
Modern Love – Colin Campbell
He's a Growing Boy; She's Just Turning Forty – Colin Campbell
Anatomy of Censorship – General Idea
Test Tube – General Idea
Semiotics of the Kitchen – Martha Rosler
Vital Statistics of a Citizen Simply Obtained – Martha Rosler
Handicap – Elizabeth Chitty
The Damages – Lisa Steele
Waiting for Lancelot – Lisa Steele