Eclipse in the Western Palace [videorecording] / Cheri Gaulke ; [produced by?] L.A. Women's Video Center. [1976 or 1977]

ArchivalResource

Eclipse in the Western Palace [videorecording] / Cheri Gaulke ; [produced by?] L.A. Women's Video Center. [1976 or 1977]

In this performance framed for the camera, a naked female body appears to consume women's shoes. By means of creative camerawork, high heels and other fashion footwear seem to be guided into the performer's vagina.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (5 min.) ; 3/4 in. original (3 copies)1 videoreel of 1 (5 min.) ; 1/2 in. original.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8325127

Getty Research Institute

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Los Angeles Women's Video Center

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z8wzr (corporateBody)

In 1976, the Los Angeles Women's Video Center was established at the Woman's Building. Founded by Annette Hunt, Candace Compton, Nancy Angelo, and Jerri Allyn, the Center supported the work of, among others, Nancy Buchanan, Cheri Gaulke, Susan Mogul, Suzanne Lacy, Sheila Ruth, Judith Barry, and Vanalyne Green. An impressive 350 videotapes were produced, many of them during the first decade of the Women's Video Center's existence. In addition to teaching, this group organized the production of n...

Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xb31gg (corporateBody)

In 1973, artist Judy Chicago, graphic designer Sheila Levant de Bretteville, and art historian Arlene Raven founded the Feminist Studio Workshop (FSW), one of the first independent schools for women artists. The founders established the workshop as a non-profit alternative education center committed to developing art based on women's experiences. The FSW focused not only on the development of art skills, but also on the development of women's experiences and the incorporation of th...

Gaulke, Cheri

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61k0f7h (person)

Cheri Gaulke (born 1954) is a visual artist most known for her role in the Feminist Art Movement in southern California in the 1970s and her work on gay and lesbian families. Gaulke holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a Master of Arts degree (in Feminist Art/Education) from Goddard College. In 1975, she moved to Los Angeles and became involved with the Feminist Studio Workshop at the Woman's Building. At the Feminist Studio Workshop, Gaulke studied...