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Great Britain | 26' | Edition / Production: British Film Institute / Gorilla Tapes
 

 Gorilla Tapes
«Zygosis: John Heartfield and the Political Image»

The dictionary definition of «Zygosis» with which Gavin Hodge and Tim Morrison begin their video about the photomontage artist John Heartfield, refers to a term drawn from biology, describing the process by which two separate elements are united or yoked together to form a new whole. In a similar spirit, Hodge and Morrison's tape attempts to marry video art and TV documentary, and operates (mostly) successfully on both of these levels.

 

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