Playing Peter

11 minutes 37 seconds, 2007
"During her remarkable video Playing Peter (2007), Erika Swinson documents the process of how quickly and easily the female body can be modified to appear masculine. All a girl needs is some duct tape...Sprinkle, Hammidi, and Swinson raise some important questions for this exhibition: Who gets to be recognized and acknowledged as a man?..." - Tanya Augsburg, pg 27, Introduction: Some Starting Points, Theories, and Themes, Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze catalogue.
Screenings -
Screenings -
- 2012. Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze. Kinsey Institute Gallery. Juror Tanya Augsburg. Catalogue. Bloomington, IN. I will also be a part of the panel discussion on Friday, April 13 at 4 pm with the opening following.
- 2011. Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze. SOMArts Main Gallery. Juror Tanya Augsburg. Catalogue. San Francisco, CA.
- 2008. Voyeur International Video Collective Show. Melbourne, Australia.
- 2007. Raw Summer Lovin'. Zoller Gallery. University Park, PA.
Current News and Events
Playing Peter is traveling to the Kinsey Institute for another showing in April 2012! I will also be on a panel discussion for this exhibition on April 13th at 4 pm.
In Search of Mother, a chapter I wrote for the anthology Reconciling Art and Mothering, is scheduled to be published by Ashgate in 2012!
In Search of Mother, a chapter I wrote for the anthology Reconciling Art and Mothering, is scheduled to be published by Ashgate in 2012!