Carla Herrera-Prats

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First Person

with Michael Mandiberg and Anne-Julie Raccoursier
Interactive dvd, edition of 1000
2003

Dvd released at:
C-Level, Los Angeles, California, 2003
Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004

First Person is an interactive DVD, published in an edition of 1000 that brings together videos made by artists in Mexico City and Los Angeles. The artists included employ their own bodies in performances that negotiate the pressure of conforming to cultural stereotypes promoted by the entertainment industry and mass media. In addition to the artists' work, we also created a visual essay which functions as an alternative navigational structure. The essay allows the videos to enter into a dialogue with historical photography, video and performance art, and with samples from films and television.

Artists invited:
Arturo Castelán, Ximena Cuevas, Sharon Hayes, Carla Herrera-Prats y Julia Steinmetz, Justin Lincoln, Michael Mandiberg, Rodney McMillian, Amaranta Sánchez, Haruko Tanaka, Anne Walsh, Natalie Zimmerman

DVD Cover

Installation view, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros

Installation view, Centro de la Imagen