Critical Writing Index

Lost Art: A Cargo Cult Romance: Installation by Vera Frenkel

by Jill Pollack

Video Guide, Sept. 1986, v. 8, no. 38, p. 8

Review of Lost Art: A Cargo Cult Romance, an installation work by Vera Frenkel. The reviewer (Jim Pollack) discusses experiential qualities of the installation, formal characteristics, and conceptual underpinnings. Highlighted is how the application of video in the installation, "has the power to transport the viewer to a place that is in-between what is said to be true and what is felt to be true."

ITEM 1986.129 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Lost Art: A Cargo Cult RomanceVera Frenkel