No Lye (video) — Danielle Dean

Danielle Dean

No Lye2012
8:48 min
Video, color, sound

Confined to a bathroom, five women communicate with the limit of words taken from political speech and advertising from Ebony magazine and Vogue. The women are engaged in the making of a bomb.

Sources: Barack Obama, speech about Guantánamo and terrorism, 2009; David Cameron, speech on radicalization and Islamic extremism, Munich, 2011; George W. Bush, speech on terrorism, 2006; Mitt Romney, speech on immigration, 2012; Nazi Party Manifesto, Dachau Concentration Camp, 1920; Ton Blair, the prime minister's speech, October 2. 2001; Ebony Magazine, Feb 1946, May 1946, Nov 1955, Sept 1989, Mar. 1990, May 1998, Collectors Edition Jan 2009, Apr 2011, Sept 2011, Dec 2011; Essence, Nov-Apr 1978-79; Vanity Fair, June 2011. Aug. 2011; Vogue, July 2011

Camera: Emilie Sabath
Sound work, editorial advisor: Francisco Janes
Performers: Miriam Conner, Jasmine Hughes, Mireya Lucio, Emilie Sabath, Danielle Dean

Included in exhibition:
Part Time Lover, Commonwealth and Council

Installation view, Confession on a Dance Floor, The Bindery Projects (St. Paul, MN)

Installation view, Part Time Lover, Commonwealth and Council

Video still, No Lye