Dara Birnbaum
American (New York City, New York, 1946)PM Magazine
This five-channel video and sound installation explores the subjugation of women in popular imagery through the appropriation of broadcast television clips showing women work, consume, and entertain. By recontextualizing and combining these fragments in a sculpture of processed images and sound, Birnbaum comments on television's role in reinforcing gender stereotypes and provokes an awareness of the seductive powers of technological media.
Keywords
videos, blue, monitors, installations
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