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Black to Back
Black to Back deals with replication and imitation, as they are manifested in Youtube video comments. It is a 5 channel video installation, showing 5 women making an “Amy Winehouse Hairdo”. Together they keep spreading Winehouse’s figure through the internet, long after her 2011 physical death in. The women are “taken” out of the internet and are given a prestigious stage to perform on’ while their videos are played backwards, letting them take down their hair and return to their original unique look.
Festivals and Awards:
Print Screen Festival, Israel, 2014
Director: Ayelet Albenda
Producer: Ayelet Albenda
Editor: Tomer Rubens
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television,
Script: Ayelet Albenda
Film Name in Hebrew: Black to Back
Category: Art and Culture / Experimental Cinema / Identity / Women
Tag Words: Amy Winehouse Hair Imitation memory Net Print Screen 2014 women YouTube
Black to Back deals with replication and imitation, as they are manifested in Youtube video comments. It is a 5 channel video installation, showing 5 women making an “Amy Winehouse Hairdo”. Together they keep spreading Winehouse’s figure through the internet, long after her 2011 physical death in. The women are “taken” out of the internet and are given a prestigious stage to perform on’ while their videos are played backwards, letting them take down their hair and return to their original unique look.
Festivals and Awards:
Print Screen Festival, Israel, 2014
Director: Ayelet Albenda
Producer: Ayelet Albenda
Editor: Tomer Rubens
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television,
Script: Ayelet Albenda
Film Name in Hebrew: Black to Back
Category: Art and Culture / Experimental Cinema / Identity / Women
Tag Words: Amy Winehouse Hair Imitation memory Net Print Screen 2014 women YouTube