The Marriage of YASUSHI
Mako Idemitsu
Japanese, born 1940
1986
A 1986 color video with sound in which Mako Idemitsu stages a staged domestic encounter that folds a television image into live action to probe the rituals and power dynamics of marriage.
The grainy, analog color and soft lighting make the living-room conversation feel intimate yet slightly uncanny, while a smaller framed screen behind the figures mirrors and fractures the scene, pulling your eye into a haunting mise-en-abyme.
The piece is part of 1980s video art that used consumer videotape aesthetics and narrative staging to turn private domestic life into public critique, advancing feminist and media-aware approaches to video as a means of social examination.
Medium
Video (color, sound)
Dimensions
23:20 min.
Classification
Department
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of Barbara Sahlman
Accession
968.1998
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