EILEEN MAXSON - VIDEOS
Installations

LOST BROADCASTS: Distributed by Microcinema International





CASH FOR CURSES
Video
4:44 min, 2010

DATE WITH DECEIT
Video
4:28 min, 2009

COURT TV UNKNOWN
Video
3:16 min, 2008



TONITE (REPRISE)
Installation/Video
1:56 min, 2006

Available on Lost Broadcasts


Disappearing in front of the press and the bright lights of television, one woman articulates the contradictions of the present moment:

*Speech by Billy Corgan

PROTECTED WITNESS
Video
1 min, 2006

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In silhouette, a woman confesses the desires for change and isolation which led her to a loss of identity. She's now a mash-up: one-part pop, and one part underground rip-off.

Credits:
Script by Kelly Clarkson
Perfomed by Eileen Maxson







GRAND OPENING
Installation/Video
1 min, 2005

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Big banners and big winners. Uncertainty and optimism surfaces in the parking lot of a 'Grand Opening'.


Credits:
Contestant: Eileen Maxson
News Anchor: Garret Smith

DISTANCE EDUCATION/
DISED 2604: Prof. Catherine Poplar
Installation/Video
5 min, 2004

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Professor Poplar's lecture entitled "Existentialism and Stephen King: The Artist's Role in Society According to 'The Shawshank Redemption;" is plagued with technical disaster. Her grandiose gestures of communication via a distance education broadcast are interrupted by a faulty microphone. 

Credits:
Catherine Poplar: Eileen Maxson
Production Assistance: Harley Skorpenske, Vinod Hopson

YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WITH NORA GAMBLE
Video
6 min, 2003

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A meteorologist ponders escape as she struggles with her own incompetence at predicting and delivering the future. After fumbling with the terminology and her delivery of the weekend forecast, the exit signs beckons Nora during a commerical break.

Credits:
Nora Gamble: Eileen Maxson
Announcer: Eric Pearce



Tape 5925: Amy Goodrow
Video
6 min, 2002

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An asocial college student with a secret submits an audition tape to the Real World.  The resulting confession lands on the desk of a jaded MTV employee, who fast-forwards through the details of her dejected story.

Credits:
Amy Goodrow: Eileen Maxson
MTV Guy: Vinod Hopson
MICHIGAN, 1971
3 min, 2002

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My father looks back at his commitment to his job at Shell Oil Company.

Credits:
Original Footage: Kathleen Maxson
Interview: Denis Maxson
CINDERELLA+++
3 min, 2002

Aurora picks more than berries, Lady gets a new reputation, and Cinderella meets 90210.