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Whispering Pines edit
The 10-part video series, Whispering Pines follows the protagonist's search for perfect health and peace through consumer objects. Cynthia, Moulton's intimately autobiographical, surreal, video alter-ego, interacts with appropriated new-age marginalia, prescription drugs, and beauty products in scenes that address the difficulties of self-discovery and fulfillment in a modern, consumerism-driven society. Moulton explains that she is not required to 'get into character' for Cynthia; Cynthia is always there. Moulton says of her alter-ego, "It's me in the bathroom; it's me worried about aging; it's me looking at a beauty magazine... We share a brain. I don't even think of her as a character. It's just me."[1] Through Moulton's narrative of self-discovery, Cynthia gains relief from the social pressures of her domestic products by using them in non-prescribed ways.[2] Parts of the Whispering Pines series have been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida) and the New Museum.
Restless Leg Saga (2012) edit
Restless Leg Saga is a 7:24 minute-long film that follows Cynthia’s search for a cure for her restless leg syndrome. Like her other works, she attempts to find relief through pharmaceutical ads on television and in magazines.[3] Restless Leg Saga was displayed to the public at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2013.
MindPlace ThoughtStream (2014) edit
MindPlace Thoughtstream is a 12-minute-long film that follows the protagonist’s search for health and confrontation with the social expectations of female health.[4] The video focuses on Cynthia, Moulton’s kitschy alter-ego, who uses an appropriated New Age device to access the inside of her own mind. Cynthia, played by Moulton, deals with several stress-related ailments and searches for a cure through various New Age therapy devices including appropriated objects and pharmaceutical drugs claiming to offer a special cure marketed towards Cynthia’s demographic.[5] MindPlace ThoughtStream has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw.
- ^ Beck, Graham T. (2012-10-01). "Focus: Shana Moulton". Frieze. No. 150. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Holland, Faith; Watter, Seth Barry (Fall 2019). "FROM PICTURE TO ASTRAL PLANE: Shana Moulton's Whispering Pines". Millenium Film Journal (70): pp. 24+ – via Gale Academic Onefile.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ "Electronic Arts Intermix: Restless Leg Saga, Shana Moulton". www.eai.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "The All-Natural, Totally American, Completely Anxiety-Free Woman". www.flaunt.com. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Connolly, Maeve (2013). "Televisual Objects: Props, Relics and Prosthetics". Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry (33): 66–77. doi:10.1086/672021. ISSN 1465-4253.