Joan Jonas, still from Vertical Roll, 1972. MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2007. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
Joan Jonas, Vertical Roll (1972)
October 25, 2012
Vertical Roll is a seminal work. In a startling collusion of form and content, Jonas constructs a theater of female identity by deconstructing representations of the female body and the technology of video. Using an interrupted electronic signal — or "vertical roll" — as a dynamic formal device, she dislocates space, re-framing and fracturing the image. This program is FREE and open to the general public. All are welcome.