Backyard Economy 1 49 years old

Set in the arch-American "home movie" context of a sunny suburban yard, Rosler's early Super-8 film Backyard Economy I documents the products of mundane domestic chores. Silently depicting scenes of laundry hanging out to dry in a suburban backyard, Rosler points up the labor that allows leisure and interrogates its underlying "economy."

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Backyard Economy 1 (49 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, September 05, 1974
  • Runtime: 4 minutes