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    • Stain

    Stain

    • 1988
    • 00h 06m 00s
    • Hope Peterson
    • Rent $300
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    Synopsis

    A stain mysteriously appears on a woman’s clothes. Is it real? Is it dangerous? Where did it come from, and above all, how to get it out? Who is responsible for the anger that remains after an everyday sexual assault?

    Categories

    • Resistance,
    • Art + Artists,
    • Body,
    • Short,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • Unknown

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Music,
    • Voice-Over,
    • Colour,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Hope Peterson

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

    More By Hope Peterson

    Threshold Economics

    • 2011
    • Hope Peterson

    Shot over a period of a year and a half in and around a Winnipeg apartment building, Threshold Economics is surveillance video by the occupant subject.

    Threshold Economics

    Surface Damage

    • 1992
    • Hope Peterson

    A variety of scars on women’s bodies are labeled either “surgical”, “self-inflicted” or “other”. The categories break down and overlap as the tape progresses, the image interrupted from time to time by scenes of a scarification.

    Surface Damage

    Selling the Flamingo

    • 1989
    • Hope Peterson

    Selling the Flamingo looks at memory and sentiment through the liquidation of one of Winnipeg’s premiere landmarks, the Flamingo Motel.

    Selling the Flamingo

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