Career
Minter produced 8mm andAwards
* Rockefeller Foundation Intercultural Film and Video fellowship (1992) * Grant from Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (1994) * González Camarena Award at the 1st Festival Videofilme, Mexico * Coral award at the 9th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba * Pitirri Prize at the 5th International Film and Video Festival of San Juan, Puerto Rico * Rulfo Award at the 1st Festival Videofilme of Guadalajara, Jalisco * Best Documentary Made by a Woman at the 8th Morelia International Film Festival * Zanate Award at the 4th Documentary Film and Video Festival Zanate, Colima * Best Mexican Documentary at the 2nd International Film Festival of Puebla (FIC Puebla) * Special Mention at the 6th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico CityArtworks
''Hablame de Amor'' (Talk to me about Love, 2009)
This is a video installation that shows conversations between people at a dinner table. Minter asked the participants to talk about love and intimacy and the issues that may arise from it from a personal perspective. The idea is to show how love is expressed in a specific community. The participants were people who were close to Minter, and most of them were involved in arts and humanities. There was no restrictions in terms of gender or race. When displayed, viewers are only able to hear the conversations if they are close to the installation, further allowing for a more intimate experience.''Nadie es inocente'' (No one is innocent, 1985–87)
This film shows tells a story of a group of young people living in a punk experience. It shows how these people expressed their punk lifestyles, intending to shine light on the marginalized state that they live in. The film crushes stereotypes that are inflicted upon those who identify as punk and shows viewers the lives of these people from a personal perspective. Minter came in contact with the individuals 20 years later and a made a film (''Nadie es inocente- 20 años después'') that shows the lives of these individuals and the careers they were able to pursue, further showing that punk individuals are capable of pursuing more than society says.''Alma punk'' (Punk soul, 1992)
This film is a narrative about a girl named Alma who lives in Mexico City. She comes into contact with punk, Mexican rock, and the ideals of living abroad. It displays the ideas of punk, rebellion, economic instability, and weak political regime. It also displays the perspective of a teenager trying to express herself.''Intervalos'' (Intervals, 2004)
This piece is made up of 18 video installations that show scenes of intimacy between other people and including herself. It expresses bodily sensations and urban observations. This work allowed Minter to express herself and show herself in different perspectives. Every scene shows who she is and what she sees, although she is not physically present in all of them.Exhibitions
* 1990 ''Mexican Video'', Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York * 1994 Third Bienal de Video, Mexico City * 1997 Femme totale: Sixth International Women's Film Festival, Dortmund, Germany * 1997 ''Mexican Video: Thorn of the Mountain'', Museum of Modern Art, New York * 1999 Vid@arte: Festival de video y artes electrónicas, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City * 2015 Eye in Rotation: Sarah Minter. Images in motion 1981, Mexico CityPublications
* ''Ojo en Rotación : Imágenes en Movimiento 1981-2015'' (''Rotating Eye : Images in Motion 1981-2015'')Further reading
* Baigorri, Laura, ed. ''Video en Latinoamérica: Una historia crítica''. Madrid: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, 2008. * * Erandy Vergara, “Electronic Traces: Archaeological Perspectives of Media Art in Mexico,” Luna Córnea, no. 33: Viajes al Centro de la Imagen. Mexico: Centro de la Imagen/CONACULTA, 2012. 385-395. * *Guzman, Carlos R., "Mexican Technoscientific Arts, 2000-2015: Art and Science, Machine Inventions, and Political Ecologies" (2018). ''CUNY Academic Works.'' *Iglesias Prieto, Norma, and Rosa Linda Fregoso, eds. ''Miradas de mujer: Encuentro de cineastas y videoastas mexicanas y chicanas''. Tijuana, Mexico: Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Davis, CA: Chicana/Latina Research Center, University of California, 1998. * * *Schiwy, Freya, and Weber B. Wammack. ''Adjusting the Lens: Community and Collaborative Video in Mexico''. , 2017. Internet resource. *Sedeño, Ana. "GENERAL REVIEW ON VIDEOCREATION IN MEXICO". ''Reason and Word,'' vol. 14, no. 69, 2009, Editorial Universidad de los Hemisferios. * *Trilnick, Carlos. “Sarah Minter.” ''IDIS'', 1987, proyectoidis.org/sarah-minter/.References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minter, Sarah 1953 births Mexican women artists Women experimental filmmakers 2016 deaths