The revealing myself tapes [videorecording] / by Judith Barry. [1977]

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The revealing myself tapes [videorecording] / by Judith Barry. [1977]

Judith Barry's first video work features the artist guiding the viewer through a room full of deliberately arranged miscellaneous objects, including paint brushes, food, toys, disposable plastic plates, and letters from a Scrabble game that spell the words "revealing myself." Meanwhile a voice-over by Barry shifts between comments about the scene before the camera and her memories, fantasies, and wishes for the future.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (22 min.) : sd., b&w ; 3/4 in. original.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8322718

Getty Research Institute

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