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Variety is the Spice of Life: What Does She Want [program 5]
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Title
Variety is the Spice of Life: What Does She Want [program 5]
Subject
feminist, video art, woman filmmaker, lesbian. "Modern Love" includes: love, relationships, modern culture, max almy, satire, 1970s, cultural critique.
Description
Purchased for teaching. I taught often with this invaluable multi-boxed collection from Video Databank which is currently unavailable.
Creator
Video Data Bank
Source
What Does She Want, Program 5
Date
1987
Contributor
In my merry oldsmobile / Fleischer Studios (1931) (5 min.) -- Lowell moves to New York / Jill Kroesen (1983) (9 min.) -- A perfect pair / Valie Export (1986) (13 min.) -- Luchare / Linda Look (1986) (3 min.) -- Doublecross / Lyn Blumenthal (1985) (8 min.) -- Modern love / Max Almy (1979) (7 min.) -- Two in twenty / Laurel Chiten (1987) (20 min.).
Coverage
Modern Love by Max Almy is one segment of a series of films titled Modern Times (1979). The 25 minute film collection includes six other narratives titled: Modern Life, Modern Marriage, Modern Romance, Modern Communication, and Modern Politics.
Abstract
A compilation of short works, for the most part, by women working in film, video, and the visual arts. "Imagines a more generous world in which a variety of love and lovers is not just permitted but welcomed."
Table Of Contents
In my merry oldsmobile / Fleischer Studios (1931) (5 min.)
Lowell moves to New York / Jill Kroesen (1983) (9 min.)
A perfect pair / Valie Export (1986) (13 min.)
Luchare / Linda Look (1986) (3 min.)
Doublecross / Lyn Blumenthal (1985) (8 min.)
Modern love / Max Almy (1979) (7 min.)
Two in twenty / Laurel Chiten (1987) (20 min.)
Lowell moves to New York / Jill Kroesen (1983) (9 min.)
A perfect pair / Valie Export (1986) (13 min.)
Luchare / Linda Look (1986) (3 min.)
Doublecross / Lyn Blumenthal (1985) (8 min.)
Modern love / Max Almy (1979) (7 min.)
Two in twenty / Laurel Chiten (1987) (20 min.)
Is Referenced By
Medical Landscapes, Birthday Suits & Memory in Denim, by Rhea Tepp, for the VHS Archives Working Group Blog
https://d2b8urneelikat.cloudfront.net/media/collectiveaccess/images/9/4/4209_ca_objec
t_representations_media_9488_original.pdf
https://online.ucpress.edu/afterimage/article-abstract/16/1/14/181675/Consuming-Passions-Feminist-Video-and-the-Home?redirectedFrom=PDF
t_representations_media_9488_original.pdf
https://online.ucpress.edu/afterimage/article-abstract/16/1/14/181675/Consuming-Passions-Feminist-Video-and-the-Home?redirectedFrom=PDF
For biographical background on Max Almy:
-https://archive.aec.at/media/assets/61a6ab285b480677841895cc5d251cf4.pdf
-https://www.eai.org/artists/max-almy/biography
Other films by Max Almy (including Modern Marriage from Modern Times):
https://stiftung-imai.de/en/video/catalogue
Interviews with Max Almy:
-Denise Mann; Staggering Toward Modern Times: The Video Art of Max Almy. Camera Obscura 1 December 1984; 4 (3 (12)): 3–17.
https://doi-org.ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/10.1215/02705346-4-3_12-3
-Leaving the 20th Century: Interview with Max Almy. Camera Obscura 1 December 1984; 4 (3 (12)): 18–39. doi: https://doi-org.ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/10.1215/02705346-4-3_12-18
-https://archive.aec.at/media/assets/61a6ab285b480677841895cc5d251cf4.pdf
-https://www.eai.org/artists/max-almy/biography
Other films by Max Almy (including Modern Marriage from Modern Times):
https://stiftung-imai.de/en/video/catalogue
Interviews with Max Almy:
-Denise Mann; Staggering Toward Modern Times: The Video Art of Max Almy. Camera Obscura 1 December 1984; 4 (3 (12)): 3–17.
https://doi-org.ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/10.1215/02705346-4-3_12-3
-Leaving the 20th Century: Interview with Max Almy. Camera Obscura 1 December 1984; 4 (3 (12)): 18–39. doi: https://doi-org.ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/10.1215/02705346-4-3_12-18
For biographical background on Lyn Blumenthal:
https://www.vdb.org/artists/lyn-blumenthal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Blumenthal
https://www.vdb.org/artists/lyn-blumenthal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Blumenthal
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
video
Duration
75 mins
Producer
Lyn Blumenthal
Director
Lyn Blumenthal; Jill Kroesen; Linda Look; Max Almy; Laurel Chiten
URL
https://brooklyn-cuny.yuja.com/V/Video?v=11667549&node=51417066&a=23705430
Files
Citation
Video Data Bank, “Variety is the Spice of Life: What Does She Want [program 5],” VHS Activism Archive , accessed June 19, 2025, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/715.
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