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Natalie Bookchin
Testament2009

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Color photograph of a horizontal strip of glowing video-call thumbnails floating against a solid black background, with faces of varying sizes across the row
Video installation or digital photograph showing a grid of approximately 30 small video screens against a black background, each displaying a different individual filmed in a domestic setting, with varying brightness levels across the panels.
Video installation in a darkened gallery: a grid of approximately forty small portrait videos projected onto a dark wall, each showing a different individual in close-up or bust-length view, with varying brightness levels creating a patchwork of illuminated faces against deep shadow.
Photograph of a dark screen displaying a video call grid of approximately fifteen individual participants in small rectangular panels, arranged in irregular rows against a near-black background.
Video installation, five screen projections mounted at varying angles on a dark gallery wall, each displaying close-up footage of different individuals facing the camera in casual indoor settings, with a narrow strip of light visible along the left wall edge.
Video installation in a darkened gallery space; five projected rectangular screens on a dark wall show close-up webcam-style footage of different individuals, with one screen displaying red text reading "NOT OKAY !!!!".
Artist or Maker
Natalie Bookchin
Title
Testament
Date Made
2009
Medium
Video installation: comprised of HDV files comprised of (three) chapters that can run simultaneously or solo
Dimensions
'Laid Off' duration: 00:03:35 'My Meds' duration: 00:01:20 'I Am Not' duration: 00:01:50
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.2009.122.1-.4
Classification
Time Based Media
Collecting Area
Photography

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