Videos+and+Installments

In the very early seventies, Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro created a feminist art program at the California Institute of the Arts. In 1971, 21of their students created //Womanhouse//, an installation in an empty Hollywood home, with each room intended to represent a different facet of the modern suburban housewife's experience. Below is the cover of the Exhibition Catalogue from this exhibit.



And this is [|Judy Chicago], an author, feminist, and educator who is often referred to as the "mother of the women's art movement."



In 1972, Joan Jonas created "Vertical Roll," a short film dealing with the instability and brokenness of female identity as expressed through rhythmic, intentionally shaky camera techniques. An excerpt from the movie can be seen [|here].