Critical Writing Index

The Student Body

by David Trend

Afterimage, Oct. 1989, v. 17, no. 3, p. 20

David Trend reviews Helen Keller Knows She's There, a video work by New York artist Sarah Drury, which examines an emotional relationship between a teacher and a student. This is montage of pictorial and written elements of notes from Keller's biography, focusing on the emotional tension and suggesting Keller has access to an essential knowledge, frustrated by reading and writing.

ITEM 1989.110 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Helen Keller Knows she's ThereSarah Drury