Proxemics [videorecording] : a study of body language / Lynn Hershman. [1985 or 1986]

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Proxemics [videorecording] : a study of body language / Lynn Hershman. [1985 or 1986]

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This video documents a performance commissioned by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in which members of the Valerie Huston Dance Theatre, made to resemble Greek statues, perform a slow-motion ballet on the street and in the museum.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (4 min.) ; 3/4 in. original.

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