Nostalgia

Description

"In 'Nostalgia', I juxtaposed sequences of myself dancing in 1940s dress with photographs of my mother, Pamela Brendon, dancing with a wartime lover who was not my father. For me the war exists as a series of black and white adventures set to great dance music. It was also a time when codes of acceptable social behaviour broke down, and here I was intrigued by my mothers sexual license in an affair she would never admit to." Catherine Elwes (Source, website, Lux Online)

Additional Informations

Letter 'Dear Alex' with descriptions of Nostalgia (1982) and The Critic's Informed Viewing (1982), 14th January 1983. (Source, pdf, Rewind)

"'Alternative Television - contemporary video artists presenting their own work'. A selection of videotapes presented by the artists at the Northampton Arts Centre January 1984. (Source, pdf, Rewind)

View still images from the video: Image 1 (Source, website, Rewind); Image 2 (Source, website, Lux Online)

Presentation place

- A Season of Independent Film and Video, Arts Centre Northampton College, Northampton, England, 23 février 1984. (Source, pdf, Rewind)

Publications and Periodicals which reference the work

- Stephen Partridge & Sean Cubitt (eds.), REWIND| British Artists' Video in the 1970s & 1980s, John Libbey Publishing, East barnet, Herts, 2012.

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