I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT (DEFINE IRONY) — EILEEN MAXSON

I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT (DEFINE IRONY), 2015
Single-Channel, HD Video, Color, Sound, 34:33 min

Forty-five women are challenged to "define irony" in the same span of time given to Winona's Ryder in the film Reality Bites. This work is part of a larger body of work connected the film.

Video still of a white woman with long wavy black hair. She's smiling and holding her hands together, close to her face. White text on the screen reads "Define Irony." — Video still from I Know It When I See It (Define Irony), 2015

Video still of bright TV color bars closing in to cover an image of a white woman with long wavy dark hair. — Video still from I Know It When I See It (Define Irony), 2015