Making the Crystal quilt / Suzanne Lacy.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lacy, Suzanne., Creator.

Stone, Susan, Composer.

KTCA-TV (Television station : Saint Paul, Minn.)

Whisper Minnesota Project.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older women--Minnesota.

Older women.

Older women in art.

Performance art--Minnesota.

Performance art.

Public art--Minnesota.

Public art.

Minnesota.

Genre:

documentary film.

Documentary films

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (44 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Other Title:

Crystal quilt

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Suzanne Lacy, 2000, ©1998.

System Details:

VHS.

Summary:

The Crystal Quilt is a public art performance where over 400 older women gather in a public court in central Minneapolis to celebrate themselves and their lives by creating a living quilt. They are observed by passersby in the court as they discuss issues concerning women and aging. This documentary describes the progress of the project and includes interviews with participants at all levels.

Credits:

Artistic director of project and video: Suzanne Lacy; sound design: Susan Stone; video by Michelle Baughan and Suzanne Lacy.

Notes:

The Crystal Quilt performance is the culminating work of the Whisper Minnesota Project, bringing together older women to discuss issues of aging.

OCLC:

47236857