Nest of Tens

United States, 1999

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‘Nest of tens’ is comprised of four alternating stories which reveal mundane yet personal methods of control. These systems are derived from intuitive sources. Children and a retarded adult operate control panels made out of paper, lists, monsters and their own bodies. ‘A young boy, home alone, performing a bizarre ritual with a baby; an uneasy, aborted sexual flirtation between a teenage babysitter and an older man; an airport lounge encounter between a businesswoman (played by July) and a young girl. Linked by a lecturer enumerating phobias in a quasi-academic seminar, these three perverse, unnerving scenarios involving children and adults provide authentic glimpses into the queasy strangeness that lies behind the everyday’. New York Video Festival, 2000.

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Credits

creator

Miranda July

Production places
United States
Production dates
1999

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1001829

Language

English

Holdings

Digital Betacam [NTSC]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

CD ROM [PC]; Documentation

Wikidata

Q47138803

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