1995 | United States | Experimental

Ladies, There Is A Space You Can’t Go

  • English 5 mins
  • Director | Laura Parnes
  • Writer | Laura Parnes
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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Ladies, There Is a Space You Can’t Go (1995) is a 5-minute experimental video that deconstructs and distorts an episode of the talk show Sally Jesse Raphael titled My Daughter Dresses Like a Hooker. Sampled audience statements and a driving dance beat merge with distorted talk show participants, creating a provocative, self-mutilating music video. The daughters "exhibited" walk through the audience as if it were a runway, performing for a mob of angry women who issue relentless threats, blending feminism, media critique, and performative spectacle. Screened in the 1997 Whitney Biennial.

Feminism Found Footage Television Youth Experimental