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Vertical Roll

197220mJoan Jonas
IMDb 6.6

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Cast as an “electronic erotic seductress,” the multiple costumes and roles performed by Jonas critically examine the ever-changing, but consistently unequal roles of women. The camera gazes at Jonas, implicating the viewer in the work and further, with her body. Her intentional de-synchronization of the monitor's receiving and transmitting frequencies results in the on-screen image's repeated vertical descent. Creating a sense of fragmentation, the vertical roll relentlessly pounds at the images of the artist as she moves through a series of performed identities. Characterized a "disjunctive self portrait" by the Electronic Arts Intermix, the image content of the work is strongly mediated by the mirror-like function of the camera, scrutinized by the lens and subjected to violence by the vertical roll.

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What is Vertical Roll (1972) about?

Cast as an “electronic erotic seductress,” the multiple costumes and roles performed by Jonas critically examine the ever-changing, but consistently unequal roles of women. The camera gazes at Jonas, implicating the viewer in the work and further, with her body. Her intentional de-synchronization of the monitor's receiving and transmitting frequencies results in the on-screen image's repeated…

Who stars in Vertical Roll?

Vertical Roll stars Joan Jonas (Organic Honey). The film was directed by Joan Jonas.

How long is Vertical Roll?

Vertical Roll has a runtime of 20 min and premiered in 1972.

Is Vertical Roll worth watching?

Vertical Roll holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10.

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