April 2nd, 1993

United States, 1994

Artwork

Silver casts her female gaze onto a series of anonymous male subjects that she follows through the streets of the Marais district in Paris. The resulting `surveillance narrative,’ which features the music of Jo Privat, is an observation of viewing, power, and privacy in a public space.

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Credits

creator

Shelly Silver

Duration

00:08:30:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1994

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1000132

Language

English

Audience classification

unclassified

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Object Types

Artwork

Materials

Single channel moving image, colour and audio

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

Collected

3 times

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