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    • One for Each of My Vanities

    One for Each of My Vanities

    • 2011
    • 00h 01m 19s
    • Chantel Mierau
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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

    Wednesday-ing

    • 2013
    • Chantel Mierau

    In this looped video, women in a quilting-bee configuration weave delicate replicas of spider webs.

    Wednesday-ing

    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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