I Saw Bones
Compiled in January 2000 | Curated by Rita Gonzalez
The seven short movies in this compilation range from the terrifying (Bathing the Baby: a woman carefully washes an actual dead baby) to the mesmerizing (Removed: 1970’s porn in which the female has been meticulously bleached from each frame.) Each movie has been expertly chosen for this Joanie 4 Jackie Co-Star tape by L.A. based video maker and curator Rita Gonzalez. Rita’s last curatorial effort, “Mexperimental Cinema” has been screened internationally, including at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Each tape comes with an informative printed guide to the program written by Gonzalez. — From the I Saw Bones poster
“There’s surgery being performed here, a visceral reworking of found footage, clichéd fantasy, familiar rituals and scientific procedure.” — L.A. Weekly
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- I Saw Bones poster/booklet (front and back). 2000. 20.5″ x 13.5″. Written by Rita Gonzalez. Designed by Miranda July and Sean Tejaratchi. Inserted into the box of Co-Star Tape #2, curated by Rita Gonzalez.
Bathing the Baby
SEMEFO (Teresa Margolles)
SEMEFO adds another level of anxiety to the already charged site of mother remaking child; the child in this instance is an embalmed one.
Taxidermy: The Art of Imitating Life
Eva Aridjis
This movie examines the strange world of Ron Kuhlman and Bill Arsell, two Long Island Taxidermists. It pays close attention to the detailing involved in their work and comments on the natural yet artificial nature of this craft.
I, Bear
Helen Mirra
A personal, poetic exploration of the contruction of self in which the narrator unfolds the tale of a child who identifies herself as a bear.
Self-Dial
Caroline Koebel
A fantastical look at the subversive possibilities of emerging reproductive technologies.
Removed
Naomi Uman
To make this movie Uman bleached the female figure out of each frame of a 1970’s porn movie. What remains is somehow both more erotic and truthful.
Deep Creep
Kate Haug
Spaces generally sanctioned for public and private acts are confused as Haug employs science as the bridge between eroticism and repression.
Hawai
Ximena Cuevas
Cuevas dissects an upper class wedding in Mexico City where the guests fantasize about the exotic faraway dreamscape that is their “Hawai”.