Tran, T. Kim-Trang: The Blindness Series
02:20:25 | 2 DVDs
Collection: Single Artist Compilations, Box Sets
Tags: Asian-American, Body, Death and Dying, Documentary, Family, Health, Language, Surveillance



The Blindness Series consists of eight short videos that investigate blindness and metaphors. Topics of individual titles include cosmetic surgery of the eyelids, vision and sexuality, video surveillance, hysterical blindness, alexia or word-blindness, and physical blindness. The series examines instrumental vision while offering a different kind of visuality, a haptic visuality. Stylistically, Tran's critical approach to video art is essayistic, theoretical, and politically engaged.
This 2-DVD box set also features title descriptions, an artist biography and bibliography, and the following contextualizing essays:.
- Eyes to See With -- Laura U. Marks
- Reflections on The Blindness Series -- Lucas Hilderbrand,
- The Line and the Letter: Tran, T. Kim-Trang's Video Essays -- Holly Willis
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Collection: Single Titles Tags: asian-american, post-colonialism |
Collection: Single Titles Tags: activism, asian-american, autobiography, body, documentation, feminism, gender, health, race |
Collection: Single Titles Tags: aids/hiv, asian-american, feminism, health |
Collection: Single Titles Tags: asian-american, city, crime or violence, future, surveillance, technology |
Collection: Single Titles Tags: asian-american |
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Collection: Single Titles Tags: asian-american, health, music, portrait, post-colonialism, race |
Collection: Single Titles Tags: asian-american, body, death and dying, family, health, youth/childhood |