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| Video Still "Milk" 1976 10.15 b/w |
Here's the link. Check it out: Milk
Diane
Spodarek: "I first made video art in the MFA program at at Eastern
Michigan University from 1973-1975. Using a Sony PortaPak I made black and
white videos using myself in autobiographical 'stories.' After graduation and
the birth of my daughter, Dana, I continued to work independently making solo
video art works that became part of the early video art of the 70's.
One of
the best is "Milk" (1976, 10 min, b/w) Description: While expressing
my own breast milk into a glass I reflected on society’s attitudes toward
breast-feeding in public and my husband’s reaction to the milk in his coffee.
This tape was censored from many exhibitions at the time following public
reaction - in particular death threats from patrons at The Detroit Institute of
Arts exhibition "New Video and Performance Art in Detroit" in
1978."
Digital
copy made from 1/2" VHS dub, March 13, 2015; digitized by Tom Sherman.
