Craft

Cheryl Donegan

1994, 13:30 min, color, sound

Donegan eats her way layer by iconic layer through a white bread and KRAFT American Cheese sandwich — crafting hearts, stars, faces and bunnies as she goes. Through a strategic use of close-ups and an aggressive rock n'roll soundtrack, Donegan ironically probes the auto-eroticism inherent in the...

Guide

Cheryl Donegan

1993, 1:42 min, color, sound

In Guide, Donegan uses her hands and fingers to chart a path of "footprints" on paper, only to immediately smear and obscure the prints with water and a paintbrush.

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

Cheryl Donegan

2008, 21:07 min, color, sound

Inspired by Warhol's 1967 Nude Restaurant, Donegan performs Viva's monologue from the film. She writes, "...I cast myself as Viva and my nine-year-old son as Taylor Mead—Beauty and the Beast reversed. Vintage headphones and a Nintendo DS keep us in our zones. The more I talked—trivial, breathless, at a breakneck pace—the more it reminded me of me getting on my own nerves. The relentless voice hooked up to a nervous system of images, everyday jolts. It's just Mom in the kitchen, serving up a hot dish of cool leftovers."

Sunflower

Cheryl Donegan

1993, 1:09 min, color, sound

Armed with a paint-filled squeeze bottle around her waist, Donegan targets the art historical myth of male creative prowess.