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Sphinxes without secrets : women performance artists speak out / Women Make Movies ; produced and directed by Maria Beatty.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Performance art.
- Performance artists.
- Women artists.
- Women artists--Interviews.
- Performance artists--Interviews.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (60 min.)) : sound, color
- Other Title:
- Women performance artists speak out
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [1991]
- Summary:
- Since its inception, performance art provided a forum for those artists whose work challenges the dominant aesthetic and cultural status quo. In SPHINXES WITHOUT SECRETS, performers, curators and critics unravel the mysteries of performance art and ponder the world women confront today.
- Participant:
- Performers: Diamanda Galas, Holly Hughes, Robbie McCauley, Rachel Rosenthal, Laurie Anderson, Annie Sprinkle, Reno, Laurie Carlos, Ann Carlson, Lenora Champagne, Ellie Covan, Dancenoise, Jessica Hagedorn, Jeannie Hutchins, Judith Jackson, Joan Jonas, Lisa Kron, Suzanne Lacy, Scarlot Harlot, Pat Oleszko, Marty Pottenger, Liz Prince, Nancy Reilly, Beatrice Roth, Carolee Schneeman, Louise Smith, Nina Sobell, Dianne Torr, Johanna Went, Martha Wislon ; interviewer, Lenora Champagne.
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Cathy Scott, Michael Tuomey.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed January 15, 2026).
- Publisher Number:
- wm-sphinx Docuseek2
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