2015, 6:35 min, color, sound, HD video ""Lesbian Whale ... is a video animation of Hammerâs early notebook drawings set to a sound track of commentary by the artistâs friends and peers. The script is composed of fragments and stray thoughts â 'as a feminist Iâm very skeptical'; 'not necessarily physical time but emotional time' â and itâs not quite clear whether itâs spontaneous, planned, composed by the speakers, or read from Hammerâs notebooks. If Hammerâs artistic influence is well documented, this slippage between voices, authors, and images suggests an ethos of collaboration and conviviality that may prove to be her greatest legacy." â Andrew Kachel, Artforum
Director/Drawer/Sound Designer: Barbara Hammer. After Effects: JiYe Kim. Post Production: Valery Estabrook.
Voice Participants: A.K. Burns, Heather Cassils, Myrel Chernick, Janlori Goldman, Holly Hughes, Daniel Alexander Jones, Reena Katz, Bradford Nordeen, Liz Rosenfeld, Julia Steinmatz.
-- EAI
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