USA 1972, video, col, sound, 12:13 min
- realized by:
- William Wegman
- keywords:
- self-appearance, body, humor
- cast&crew:
- appearance:
- William Wegman
- available copies:
- Video Data Bank:
- video, sound
- available for rent
- synopsis: Video Data Bank, Chicago
- This collection brings together some of Wegman's most successful shorts, all of which feature the artist making particular use of his body. In the various pieces, Wegman poses, dances, grimaces and growls for the camera. At times mimicking the stilted seriousness of Body Art, a movement many of Wegman's peers were involved in at the time, Wegman's performances investigate the peculiarities and odd capabilities of the human body, as in "Nose Picking Boomerang." Several of the pieces, such as "Elbows as Breasts" and "Dress/Drapes" play with gender identification, as Wegman masquerades or manipulates his body to make it appear female. Included on this tape of thirteen sketches are: Smile Is Stuck, Singing Stomach, Born With No Mouth, Two Mouths, Deodorant, Nose Picking Boomerang, Crooked Stick and Crooked Finger, Elbows As Breasts and Wegman Growls.
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