Intermittent Delight

Format:

Video

Language:

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Textile industry.

Genre:

Experimental films

Short films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Place of Publication:

Grasshopper Film 2007

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

The intersection of identity and cultural appropriation is at the heart of Akosua Adoma Owusu's video Intermittent Delight. This carefully constructed work juxtaposes close-ups of batik textiles, fashion and design from the 1950s and 1960s, images of men weaving and women sewing in Ghana, and fragments of a Westinghouse 1960s commercial - aimed to instruct women on the how-to of refrigerator decoration. Constructed from a combination of 1960s Afrobeat, traditional Asante Adwoa music, and field recordings of West African men and women during production of cloths and garments, the soundtrack pulls the piece together and imbues it with a jolty and festive tone. The work touches upon the idea of feminism's uneven geographical and historical development, and the nuances of labor conditions women face depending on where they live

Notes:

Machine-generated record

OCLC:

1432005942

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license