Bio

Orignially from Wisconsin, Cathy Sisler has been living in Canada since 1965. A videomaker, musician, writer, painter and performance artist. La Femme écran-The Reflexive Woman, a touring exhibition made in collaboration with independent curator Nicole Gingras was presented in Québec, Canada and France. Award: Lullaby for the Almost Falling Woman obtained Prix du jury at the festival du Cinéma et des Nouveaux Médias (1997) and was nominated for best video at the 16e Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois (Montréal 1997).

Works

Lullabye For The Almost Falling Woman

  • 1996
  • Cathy Sisler

"This video is available in French only. Use the Search or Explore site tools to select non-dialogue or English-language films and videos." Once again Sisler examines the physical and psychological realms of being a woman through the use of gesture as narrative. Here we are introduced to a woman demoralized from her unsuccessful job search. Sisler looks at the cultural imperative of Òpoise and our public presentation as women.

Lullabye For The Almost Falling Woman

The Better Me

  • 1995
  • Cathy Sisler

A further examination of self-commodification in the form of a bizarre info-mercial. "What if we invented someone... at a time when resistance and change were becoming paradoxicallyincorpor-related?...

The Better Me

Aberrant Public Speaking

  • 1994
  • Cathy Sisler

The Spinning Woman decides she needs to further increase her social skills, and embarks on the task of becoming a better public speaker. This video begins to look at the more blatant excesses...

Aberrant Public Speaking

Mr. B.

  • 1994
  • Cathy Sisler

A short drag video about becoming a businessman in public for a day.

Mr. B.

Aberrant Motion # 1

  • 1993
  • Cathy Sisler

Première manifestation de l'artiste en Femme toupie, cette oeuvre explore le mouvement comme stratégie de déstabilisation de la normalité.

Aberrant Motion # 1

Aberrant Motion # 4 (Face Story, Stagger Stories)

  • 1993
  • Cathy Sisler

Récit ironique d'un corps qui a perdu toute maîtrise sur son visage...

Aberrant Motion # 4 (Face Story, Stagger Stories)

Backwards

  • 1992
  • Cathy Sisler

Un plan unique sur un dos dénudé offre une résistance à notre désir de voir. Une voix de femme raconte. Elle parle de son dos, du corps qui n'est pas transparent, de la douleur...

Backwards