Joanie 4 Jackie 4Ever
Compiled in May 1998 | Curated by Miranda July
Joanie 4 Jackie 4Ever is the first compilation in a new series called the Co-Star Tapes. The Co-Star Tapes are my way of introducing you to the stars of the Girl Underworld, which is a world called Earth. If you have never heard of these movie-stars before, that is because they are too close to you. It is so much easier to see the stars that you don’t share an apartment with; work with, sleep with. – From the Joanie 4 Jackie 4Ever poster
“…Watching the Joanie 4 Jackie 4Ever compilation is like peeking at your sister’s diary and discovering not only her most intimate secrets but also clues to life.” — Interview Magazine
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- Joanie 4 Jackie 4Ever poster (front and back), 1998. Dimensions: 27″ x 13.5″. Written by Miranda July. Designed by Miranda July and Sean Tejaratchi. Inserted into the box of Co-Star Tape #1, curated by Miranda July. Tejaratchi was a local graphic designer known for the clip-art magazine Crap Hound, and famously generous. He not only designed many materials for July, but he also gave her an office next to his, which he had previously used for storage. Summer interns worked in this office (directly across the street from Powell’s Bookstore) and many intro videos for the compilations were shot here. Having this non-institutional support professionalized July’s early work on J4J and other projects.
The Slow Escape
Sativa Peterson
Sativa’s haunting documentary-tribute to a woman who was murdered in her home town of Winslow, Arizona. “…anyone connected with a murder, however slight that connection may be, was polluted by the knowledge and should seek retribution.”
Princess and Lois
Fiona (Fingerface) (Saunders) Helmsley
A story of best friends. Fiona makes fun of all your “issues”: bulemia, incest, lesbianism. The D.I.Y. riot grrl movie that killed riot grrl.
The Amateurist
Miranda July
A “professional” woman monitors an “amateur” woman (both played by July) via video surveillance, as she has for the last four and a half years. She has never had direct contact with the amateur, but creates a sense of communion through numbers, knobs and careful language.
Transeltown
Myra Paci
A morbid and tender love story that begins when a lonely girl drags home the naked body of a comatose, genital-less blonde woman. Dante transported to Times Square.
How The Miracle of Masturbation Saved Me From Becoming a Teenage Space Alien
Dulcie Clarkson
A coming-of-age story that you have never seen before. Dakota lives on a commune in New Mexico that is 45 minutes from the nearest town. She is the oldest of the female children and Jess is the oldest boy-child.
The Delta and Electronic Ballet
(Ryder) Carolyn Cooley and Zoey Kroll
We like to shoot film with our cherry guns, record sounds with walkmans and off of old records and cook it all up into a fantasy video stew for dinner.
The Ordinary Life of Totally Psycho
Yoriko Washiyama
A female student is being constantly watched by a video-obsessed male student, who eventually knows more about her life than she does. She in turn spys on her two-timing boyfriend and the love triangle ends in a bondage-style bloodbath.