Cluck

1981

Dir. Celia Shapiro, Video Color Sound 00:01:00

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Description

A Woman (Shapiro herself) is watching her chicken while enjoying breakfast. This peaceful scene makes way for that of a poultry slaughterhouse. The images pursue her on TV that evening, she drinks her glass of wine and pushes away her plate of chicken.

[Source: Netherlands Media Art Institute Catalog]