Vertical Roll

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Vertical Roll is a 1972 experimental video artwork by Joan Jonas that explores female identity and perception through disjointed, flickering imagery created by manipulating the video signal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf experimental film
single-channel video
video artwork
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Joan Jonas NERFINISHED
director Joan Jonas NERFINISHED
exhibitionVenue Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED
Tate Modern NERFINISHED
The Kitchen NERFINISHED
Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED
explores disjunction between body and image
mediation of identity through technology
temporal fragmentation
the female gaze
features disjointed imagery
fragmented female body
mask performance
mirror imagery
repeated vertical roll of the image
featuresWorkBy performance by Joan Jonas
genre experimental video art
feminist art
hasFormat video tape
hasInfluenced contemporary video performance art
feminist video artists
inCollection Museum of Modern Art video collection
Tate collection NERFINISHED
mainSubject female identity
perception
representation of women
medium black-and-white video
movement feminist art movement
video art
notableFor critical examination of female representation in media
early use of video as performance medium
use of vertical roll as structural device
originalLanguage English
partOf Joan Jonas’s early video works
productionCompany self-produced by Joan Jonas
publicationDate 1972
recordingTechnology analog video
runtimeApproximate 19 minutes
techniqueUsed closed-circuit video
flickering imagery
manipulation of video signal
vertical hold disruption
timePeriod 1970s video art

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Joan Jonas notableWork Vertical Roll