Patternity
Patternity Installation
Canada/United States 1991 1:33:00
“With Patternity, Diamond returns to her study of the family. She suspends time to paint a portrait of her father. The set/environment dominates this work in which the filmmaker users three different channels presented simultaneously and interactively on eight screens, all of which occupy a comfortable, almost domestic space with couches and curtains. The couch fabric has maps of New York City printed on it, and the motifs repeated on the curtains are taken from photographs of New York neighbourhoods.
Diamond takes us through the suburbs of New York, has us listen to the personal stories of her father, Jerome Diamond, and presents us with statements by Michel Foucault, Adrienne Rich, Rose Diamond, and others. Voices, gestures, and the printed word are sused to speak of parent-child relationships history, memory, and autobiography.”
Description from”Videography” (1992) Sara Diamond: Memories Revisited, History Retold, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
Installation videos
Exhibition Documentation
Patternity installation at the Vancouver Art Gallery, January 1991.
Documents
Patternity grant application text
SD-17-09-001 Patternity Grant Application
Interview with Jerry Diamond
SD-02-01-019 Box 17-09-002_Interview with Jerry Diamond
Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibition, 1991.
SD-17-04-001_Vancouver Art Gallery Program_Essay by Gary Dufour
SD-17-04-002_WLHP Press Release with accompanying letter by Gary Dufour_VAG
SD-17-15-001_Sara Diamond Patternity Installation Notes & Sketches
SD-17-04-004_Exhibition Installation Layout
SD-17-04-005_Photo_Patternity-couch
SD-17-19-001_Letter_VAG Director re Patternity photo documentation and Sidney Biennale
National Gallery of Canada Exhibition. 1992.
SD-17-04-003_Exhibition Installation Info
SD-02-01-018 Box 17-08-001_Notes
SD-02-01-018 Box 17-08-002+Notes
Reviews
SD-17-19-002_Publicity_Patternity QM/FM 103.5_8-11 Feb 1991
SD-17-19-003_Review_Patternity_The Vancouver Sun_Saturday Review_by Ann Rosenberg_2 Feb 1991
SD-17-19-004_Review_Patternity_Angles_”Diamond’s Daddy Dearest” by Oosa_Feb 1991