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Normal Appearances (2018)

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May 01, 2019–May 31, 2019
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A study of female heterosexual self-consciousness as seen through the lens of #BachelorNation, Normal Appearances is what filmmaker Penny Lane has called an “ambivalent fan video.”

By focusing on the adjustments that contestants on The Bachelor are constantly making to their clothes—a tug on a miniskirt here, futzing with a shoulder strap there—the discomfort inherent in the show’s scenario (and that its producers labor to smooth over) is put on full display. (5 mins., video)

A Wexner Center Residency Award recipient, Penny Lane worked on the short with the support of the center’s Film/Video Studio Program. She’ll be visiting the center on May 10–11 in conjunction with The Flyover Fest to introduce and discuss her two latest feature films, Hail Satan? and The Pain of Others.

Normal Appearances

Normal Appearances, image courtesy of the artist.

Normal Appearances

Normal Appearances, image courtesy of the artist.

Normal Appearances

Normal Appearances, image courtesy of the artist.

Normal Appearances

Normal Appearances, image courtesy of the artist.

Normal Appearances

Normal Appearances, image courtesy of the artist.

Normal Appearances

Normal Appearances, image courtesy of the artist.

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SEASON SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO
Rohauer Collection Foundation

SUPPORT FOR THE FILM/VIDEO STUDIO PROGRAM
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Endowment for the Arts

SUPPORT FOR ARTS ACCESS AT THE WEXNER CENTER
Cardinal Health Foundation
Huntington Bank

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE WEXNER CENTER
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Ohio Arts Council
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation 

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Penny Lane

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