Maren Hassinger
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Lives
Jan 01, 1979Part 2 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Lives" documents how mothers and their children move similarly.
Diaries
Jan 01, 1978Daily Mask
Jan 01, 2004In Daily Mask (2004), Hassinger embodies the narrator caught behind the minstrel's (a racist cultural stereotype) mask. - LeRonn P. Brooks
Dream City
Jan 01, 1983Ulysses Jenkins composed "Dream City" from documentation of a twenty-four-hour performance he organized in collaboration with David Hammons, Maren Hassinger, and Senga Nengudi. A discordant, absurdist, and poetic montage, the video weaves together jazz and punk shows, recitations by Jenkins, and shots of the Los Angeles skyline and oil wells to comment on power and nation in the early years of Ronald Reagan's presidency.
Documentary
Legacy
Jan 01, 2006In Legacy (2006), a thirteen-minute video projection of various words and phrases which relate to the African-American experience, Hassinger collapses present-day perceptions with a critical eye on the past history. - Shannon Egan
Birthright
Jan 01, 2005This is the story of my Father’s family. All the past washes downriver, leaving debris as in the wake of a terrible flood.
Diaries
Jan 01, 1978Daily Mask
Jan 01, 2004In Daily Mask (2004), Hassinger embodies the narrator caught behind the minstrel's (a racist cultural stereotype) mask. - LeRonn P. Brooks
Lives
Jan 01, 1979Part 2 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Lives" documents how mothers and their children move similarly.
Vanities
Jan 01, 1979House Dances
Jan 01, 2005An impromptu choreography of housework, including rhythmic sweeping, dancing, moving around with plastic bags filled with clothing, and demonstrating a piece of art made of paper. - Lowery Stokes Sims and Archives of American Art finding aid.
