Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained
Film duration:
40
Year:
1977
Distribution status:
Available
Countries:
United States of America
Languages:
English
Original format:
Umatic Video
Available formats:
SD digital file
Colour:
Colour
‘Vital Statistics…’ looks at the objectification of women in a technological/bureaucratic society. How do we come to see ourselves as objects? How do human values become less important than means of control? The work is “operatically” conceived: at its heart is a woman being measured by a white coated male examiner who is joined by a chorus of three women assistants. The final section is a series of government photos of measurement accompanied by a litany of crimes against women.
Description source: Cinenova Catalogue (1994). Edited by Kate Norrish. Editorial committee: Elaine Burrows, Liane Harris, Helen de Witt
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