The Vision Machine

The Vision Machine

  • Overview
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1997

Runtime

0h 20m

Original Title

The Vision Machine

Director

Peggy Ahwesh

Description

Here Ahwesh's heterogeneous textual approach comes to the fore, as she juxtaposes narrative, faux documentary, comedic and "serious" footage, and merges film, video, and Pixelvision. Suggestions and meanings accumulate: austere, theoretical text is interrupted by shots of women relating bawdy (sexist) jokes; classic R&B music plays while women stomp on records and pour alcohol on the floor. The Vision Machine is a fragmented inquiry into issues of gender, language and representation.