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Jaclyn Genega

My work deals with exploring concepts like physical communication and altered perceptions of time induced by trauma in realization of the self. In each of my works the images were not created from within myself. I am there in a moment with my camera and it seems as if the world is putting on a show for me.

There are no decisions in my films, just decisive moments. http://www.staticjacks.com

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"Jaclyn Genega." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/jaclyn-genega.

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Jaclyn Genega makes films that explore physical communication and altered perceptions of time induced by trauma and the realization of the self; her practice emphasizes presence rather than authorial generation of images. She works with a camera and describes her work as composed of decisive moments rather than decisions. Further information is provided at http://www.staticjacks.com.

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