Oh no my mother is coming for a visit, negative 24
Raven Courtney
September 11, 1993
Creative Access Description
Black and white landscape image of two people standing on a low stage. On the left is a young Indigenous person with tan skin and a mass of dark voluminous hair that hangs past their shoulders and mostly obscures their face. They wear a light coloured low cut tank top tucked into skinny black jeans and black high top sneakers. A rolled white towel is held between their thighs. They stride across stage with a confident gate, arms swinging at their sides toward an Ojibwe person who stands expectantly behind a table. This person has dark black hair tied back in a pony tail that exits from the back of a light coloured baseball hat with a dark brim. They also wear a dark coloured hooded sweatshirt with the sleeves rolled up, dark coloured gym shorts and no shoes. The set around the two is decorated as a small living room. To the left of the frame a boom box and corded telephone sit atop a clear acrylic box flanked by a standing mirror. A light coloured bedsheet is hung across the back corner of the stage next to a low squishy looking couch. Above the couch three posters are hung in a row: on the left a Madonna poster features a close up of the pop star voguing in a white dress. The centre poster is another Madonna poster featuring an image of Madonna naked in bed shot from above. The final poster is for a movie, its title, Return of the Bulge, is printed above an image of a sexy muscular man wearing white briefs with a prominent bulge, cropped to show the man from the chest to the thighs. In the foreground a small table with a slim flower vase and a small bottle, stands next to two folding metal chairs.Description
Documentation of Oh no my mother is coming for a visit. Raven Courtney and Franklin Doss are pictured onstage performing.Identifier
1993.0911 OHN I001Extent
1 35mm negativePhotographer
Merle AddisonArtist
Raven CourtneyPerformer
Franklin DossRelated program
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