Video

My Life In 5 Minutes

Allyson Mitchell

2000, 06:23 minutes, colour, English

TAPECODE 1054.02

The autobiopic My Life in 5 Minutes tells a life story with a bittersweet song, animation and family snaps. Some photos hold painful or awkward members for the artist; through computer animation, she enlarges her own eyes to blink the pain away.

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