The Judy spots

United States, 1995

Artwork

‘The Judy spots’ consists of five short videos featuring a papier-mache puppet called Judy. Clever, witty and extremely dark, each of the vignettes is a social commentary about human emotions and behavior.
The vignettes are: ‘Judy feels sad’, ‘Judy hates her job’, ‘Judy has a nightmare’, ‘Judy goes to the mall’ and ‘Judy gets mad’.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 April 2019

ACMI Viewing Booths

Credits

director

Sadie Benning

producer

Elisabeth Subrin

Duration

00:12:53:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1995

Appears in

Group of items

Videoworks of Sadie Benning. Volume 3

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2000273

Language

English

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White and Colour

Object Types

Artwork

Materials

Single channel moving image, black and white and audio

Holdings

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

SP Betacam; Copy

Digital Betacam [NTSC]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

VHS [PAL]; Copy

MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

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