COLLECTION NAME:
Don Yannacito Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Don Yannacito Collection
Title:
Vanalyne Green, First Person Cinema
Name:
Green, Vanalyne, 1948-
Name Role Term Text:
speaker
Resource Type:
Audio
Genre:
presentations (communicative events)
Place Created:
Boulder (Colo.)
Date Created:
1991-11-04
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 audiocassette (46 min., 46 sec.)
Form:
audiocassettes
Abstract:
As an event in the First Person Cinema series at the University of Colorado Boulder, video artist Vanalyne Green screens and discusses her works, Trick or Drink (1984) and A Spy in the House That Ruth Built (1990). Topics include feminist ideology in art and education, women video artists, her creative process, writing, video production and editing, the concept of talent, the use of formal devices in film structure, the Children of Alcoholics movement, gender in baseball, and depictions of race in sports media.
Note:
00:00:00 Green introduces herself. She gives an anecdote about her education with artist Judy Gerowitz (“Judy Chicago”) and other women artists who incorporated feminist ideology and community organizing into their teaching. 00:06:00 Green discusses the first-person voice in art by women. She discusses storytelling structure and other formal devices in her work, mentioning a performance work later adapted to her video work Trick or Drink (1984). 00:11:11 Green discusses “research and accretion” in her creative process, often drawing on representations of women and women’s bodies in culture. She discusses influences of her childhood experiences and contributions of her friends to her work. 00:14:33 Green sets up screening of Trick or Drink. 00:15:10 Audio cuts to applause, after the work has screened. 00:15:50 Green responds to question from the audience about acquiring children’s drawings for the video. She discusses responses of people in health care and the art world to her work. 00:17:30 Question from the audience, difficult to discern. Green discusses privacy and biography in art, also mentioning Alcoholic Anonymous groups. She reflects on the tone of the film and the reactions of audiences. 00:19:30 Green discusses the multimedia work of Sherry Milner and Ernst Larsen. 00:21:12 Green discusses the Children of Alcoholics (COA) movement and contemporary discourse on dysfunctional families. 00:22:25 Question from audience, difficult to discern. Green talks about Trick or Drink production process and her relationship with video. 00:23:40 Green describes a recent video by a group of women, called We Care: A Video for Care Providers of People Affected by AIDS. 00:24:22 Audio cuts briefly. Green introduces her work, A Spy in the House That Ruth Built (1990), about gender and sports, comparing the game of baseball to feminist performance art. 00:26:13 Audio cuts to after the work has screened. Green talks about her motivations for the video. She mentions Sherman’s March (Ross McElwee, 1985) and discusses her position as a woman filmmaker. 00:28:08 Question from audience, difficult to discern. Green discusses her writing and production process for the work, mentioning her choice of first- or third- person voice, her choice of camera, and whether to make a documentary. 00:30:55 Green mentions a current project involving a fictional character. 00:31:45 Green discusses her editing process for A Spy in the House That Ruth Built. 00:33:30 Question from audience, difficult to discern. Green discusses the editing systems used, mentioning the Experimental Television Center (ETC) in Owego, New York. 00:35:00 Green discusses the concept of talent compared to art education. 00:37:30 Comment from audience, difficult to discern. Green discusses the writing process and collaboration. 00:39:24 Question from audience, difficult to discern. Green discusses first-person narrative and fiction. 00:42:00 Green discusses the history of women video artists. 00:43:10 Green discusses depictions of Black men in sports media, noting video equipment calibrated for light skin tones. 00:45:03 Green has back and forth with audience member, difficult to discern, about her use of diary entries in Trick or Drink and the issue of women’s eating disorders. 00:46:38 Green thanks the audience. 00:46:45 End of recording.
Note Type:
Timecode description
Subject Topic:
Feminism in art
Subject Topic:
Alcoholism in motion pictures
Subject Topic:
Sports in motion pictures
Subject Topic:
Women artists
Subject Name:
Chicago, Judy, 1939-
Identifier:
narv_yannacitoDon_134_1991-11-04_vanalyneGreen_a.mp3
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU: 5045 | Tape 134
Date Captured:
2024
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
born digital
Access Condition:
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