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    • One for Each of My Vanities

    One for Each of My Vanities

    • 2011
    • 00h 01m 19s
    • Chantel Mierau
    • Rent $100
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    Synopsis

    A woman simultaneously adorns and disfigures herself by sewing tassels onto a flesh-coloured cloth mask, creating a beard. Perhaps she is guarding herself against vanity; perhaps she is atoning for it.

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • Body,
    • Feminism,
    • Performance,
    • Short,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • DV

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Music,
    • Colour,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Chantel Mierau

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

    More By Chantel Mierau

    Obraumche (How to get the sweet from the centre)

    • 2019
    • Chantel Mierau

    Obraumche is a Plautdietsch word that refers to the centre, most delicious part of watermelon. In this work, the artist forms a drain clog, and then works to find its “Obraumche”. Instead of dealing with the delicious, this work is an interplay of gross textures resulting from the body’s activities.

    Obraumche

    Dough Clepsydra

    • 2018
    • Chantel Mierau

    A moon-like ball of dough is rolled out. Abbreviations of the months of the year appear on the dough, and are cut apart.

    Dough Clepsydra

    Larva

    • 2013
    • Chantel Mierau

    Someone wearing a pink, hand-knit, vaguely larva-like suit tries very hard to complete a simple task, but is restricted by coziness.

    Larva

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    Kami

    • 2017
    • James Dixon

    A short documentary that details the creative and physical process of Winnipeg artist Kami Goertz.

    Kami

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