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The story of the video Axis of life is that of two women remembering their “common” husband – a man who is imputed to have killed both of them, whereas in fact they are alive and they have murdered the husband. Almost a traditional detective story, using video, is actualised in the context of the aesthetics and mythology of the 1980s. All the scenery and imagery in this video piece are constructed using the synthesised video image; films inserts are taken from the black and white film Doma (At home) by Grzinic and Smid made in 1986.
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MARINA GRZINIC, AINA SMID, Ljubljana
AXIS OF LIFE, video, U-matic, 6 min., colour;
coproduced by SKUC-Forum;
coproduced by SKUC-Forum, Ljubljana;
produced by MAX-BRUT, Ljubljana, 1987
original title: OS ZIVLJENJA
directed, written and played by:
Marina Grzinic & Aina Smid
camera by: Andrej Lupinc
sound by: Brane Atanaskovic
Edited by: Marjan Osole Max