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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 !!!!".

Natalie Bookchin, Testament, 2009, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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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