Optimism/Pessimism: Constructing a Life
Optimism/Pessimism: Constructing a Life
1981
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In this video, Martha Rosler examines the feminist movement’s attempts to renegotiate historically basic rights. Reading a text in the first person, the artist enumerates the different domestic, sexual and gender negotiations established by heterosexual couples in the face of internal and external pressures.

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original title
Optimism/Pessimism: Constructing a Life
year of acquisition
2008
type of object
Audiovisual recording
credits
MACBA Collection. Barcelona City Council long-term loan
registration number
R.3233
date
1981
fonds
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of the Barcelona City Council
media
Single-channel video, b/w, sound, 44 min
Copyright
© Martha Rosler
original title
Optimism/Pessimism: Constructing a Life
registration number
R.3233
date
1981
year of acquisition
2008
fonds
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of the Barcelona City Council
type of object
Audiovisual recording
media
Single-channel video, b/w, sound, 44 min
credits
MACBA Collection. Barcelona City Council long-term loan
Copyright
© Martha Rosler
Feminism
Sex role
Manners and customs
Performance art
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