Vanessa Haroutunian
Producer. Filmmaker. Designer. Curator.
FILM + VIDEO WORK
pure&magicalpussypower: a documentary on joanie4jackie (2010, 38:35) - A documentary about the history and impact of an all women's video chainletter project started by Miranda July in the 1990s. Footage and materials from the J4J archive and original interviews by Vanessa Haroutunian. For DVD or screening availability go to contact.
Bad Reputation (2008, 13:43) - Short experimental documentary formed from appropriated videos and interviews conducted with six college women during the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.
Just Look at Yourself (2007, 04:40) - Appropriation piece with original sound. How those stars are always looking in the mirror.
Party in the U.S.A. (Cover) (2006, 03:15) - Cover of a YouTube cover of Miley Cyrus's Party in the U.S.A. Part 1 of DISNEY GIRLZ COVER TRILOGY.
Replay (Cover) (2013, 02:22) - Cover of a YouTube cover of Zendaya's Replay. Part 3 of DISNEY GIRLZ COVER TRILOGY.
Who Says (Cover) (2008, 05:47) - Cover of a YouTube cover of Selena Gomez's Who Says. Part 2 of DISNEY GIRLZ COVER TRILOGY.
SELECTED SCREENINGS / GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED SCREENINGS / GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 FotoFocus at "The Mini: Cinema and Archive", 2018 FotoFocus Biennial: Open Archive, The Mini Microcinema, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Rare Local Intimacy, Cinema Cobra, Honey’s, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Joanie4Jackie4Ever, We Are What We Archive, Interference Archives, Brooklyn, NY
2015 MTDE 006: Vanessa Haroutunian & Carolyn Lazard, My Teenage Dream Ended, Over the Eight, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Stranger Collaborations, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Vanessa Haroutunian does JOANIE4JACKIE, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY
2011 pure&magicalpussypower, (Hi)Story Labor(atory), Hudson, NY
2011 Masters on Main Street, Catskill, NY