In Spank an eight-second film clip has been re-edited, frame by frame, into a 7 1/2-minute video, tranforming discreet gestures into suggestive, pulsating sequences. This deconstruction of narrative Hollywood cinema exposes and intensifies the authoritative relationship between a man and a young girl.
Diane Nerwen is a media artist and teacher living in New York City. Her experimental videotapes use collage and appropriation to explore the intersection of media, politics, and everyday life. Her work has been screened internationally at venues including the New York Video Festival, Ars Electronica, and the Guggenheim Museum. She was the recipient of the 2001 DAAD Artist in Residence Fellowship in Berlin, Germany. She has also collaborated with Les LeVeque on numerous tapes.