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Document (1972)

Directed by Lynda Benglis

Documentary · 6m

Two disembodied male colleagues direct Lynda Benglis, who sits between a monitor and a camera lens loudly exclaiming her vision for the video we’re watching. Playing with the idea of originality and how the reproduction of images troubles fine art categories, Benglis affixes a double portrait of herself to the monitor screen and draws moustaches on both likenesses. Document ends with Benglis writing the video’s title and “copyright, Dec. 1972” directly on the monitor underneath the photograph, validating this video accomplishment as an original artwork.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Lynda Benglis

Details

Release date
1972-01-01
Runtime
6m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America