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You are brilliantly observant and notice subtleties among individuals. What do you think about how men and women today wear their clothes and makeup? I like that some —younger? — men are more comfortable with being experimental with their look. Women, too, of course, but I’m not so sure about the slutty look that comes in and out of fashion. Although honestly, when I was a teenager, hot pants were in and the dresses and skirts I wore were just barely past my ass. I don’t know how my mother was able to not say anything. But I wasn’t dressing that way to be sexy. It was just the fashion, so in my case there was an innocence to it; it wasn’t about trying to make men notice me. Back then you went to school at SUNY College at Buffalo, which was considered such a hot bed. What was that like for you? Not sure what you meant by hot bed — but the mix of people there at that time with the advent of Hallwalls [Contemporary
Arts Center], combined with the film/video department of SUNY Buffalo, and Linda Cathcart, the new young curator at the Albright Knox, it was an exciting and interesting time — plus all the artists that Hallwalls brought up to show, talk, or perform: that was my true education. When you started out, what inspired you the most? Has that changed now? Film has always been my biggest inspiration, but the media in general, I would say, continues to inspire me. Photographic imagery I suppose more than other arts, whether still or moving. You also did films of you starring in a movie. What did you enjoy the most about that experience? What did that bring out of you? I’m not sure exactly what films you’re referring to. That super early Doll Clothes animation? That was a project for an intro film course, and I did a couple of other experimental threeSocial Life