Critical Writing Index

"Shocked and outraged as I was, it was nice seeing you again.'

by William Wegman

Avalanche, Winter 1971, no. 2, pp. 58-69

In this short article, William Wegman briefly introduces his performative video works using personal anecdotes and short texts overlaid onto images. Wegman also provides some of the impetus and processes involved in the production of his videos as he talks about how his creative and technical decisions relate to his interests, such as the deceptivity of continuous motion. In describing the Interrupted Series, he writes: "Using the camera to organize the picture, I'd do the one thing that looked the most convincing, but it would be a lie." (62).

ITEM 1971.017 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

PBBBBBWilliam Wegman

MadamWilliam Wegman

Interrupted SeriesWilliam Wegman

Bad NewsWilliam Wegman

Couple's LegsWilliam Wegman