1972 | United States | Short

Left Side Right Side

  • English - 9 mins
  • Director | Joan Jonas
  • Writer | Joan Jonas
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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“In Left Side Right Side, Jonas explores the ambiguities caused by her attempt to identify correctly the spatial orientation of images simultaneously played back by a monitor and reflected in a mirror. This is confusing because, contrary to what one might expect, the monitor image gives back a ‘true’ reading of the space while the mirror reverses it.… Throughout the course of the tape, the image switches back and forth between the double image of monitor and mirror to the simple ‘real’ image of Jonas’s face.”

Perception Mirror Reflection Ambiguity Space Identity Video Experimental Orientation Duality
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Video Data Bank
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