Mirage
Mirage was designed specifically for the screening room of Anthology Film Archives in New York's SoHo neighborhood, where Joan Jonas first performed the piece on several nights over a few weeks in 1976, for an audience of her friends: local artists, musicians, and dancers. In the first performances, Jonas projected images of herself drawing and erasing her marks on a chalkboard—some appropriated from her past works—as well as a five-minute documentary loop of volcanoes erupting and a film of a television turned on its side. She also stepped through a small wooden hoop and completed other live actions. Mirage was the last of a series of black and white video performances completed by Jonas; she would subsequently adopt color technologies. In 2001, Jonas made a new version of Mirage, consisting of a silent, approximately thirty-minute loop which, in the artist’s words, “is a combination of old performances, more chalk drawings and footage shot off the television at that time.”
- Status
- Released
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- Language
- EN
Release dates
United StatesUS
- Premiere1 Jan 1976
Frequently asked questions
- When was Mirage released?
- Mirage was released on 1 January 1976.
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- No verified Hindi trailer for Mirage is available yet. Only the original-language trailer is listed.
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- Who directed Mirage?
- Mirage (1976) was directed by Joan Jonas.
- How long is Mirage?
- Mirage runs for 31m.












