Video Magic: 1996

Using objects from video stores, Rebecca Griffith recalls growing up with a mother with multiple sclerosis, who ran a video store, Video Magic, in the early 1990s. Her mother’s diagnosis divides her life into pre- and post-store. Video Magic: 1996 explores the fundamental event of when the video store closed, and store ephemera began occupying her childhood home. Cohabiting with the blockbuster hits from 1996, movie poster frames, TV mounts, and neon signs, were bed sheets, rugs, and home videos. This work examines the process of caregiving for a parent’s chronic disease and aging alongside her mother and sister

Rebecca Griffith is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and manager of Purple Window Gallery. Her curatorial practice is centered around community outreach and public initiatives that democratize the art world and create a sense of belonging, bringing together artists and makers across the Midwest. Griffith has exhibited at Unpacked Mobile Gallery (Chicago), Women Made Gallery (Chicago), Heaven Gallery (Chicago), and Ann Arbor Art Center (Michigan), among other Midwest galleries and cultural institutions. Griffith earned her B.S.Ed. from Northern Illinois University in 2013 and her M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University in 2018.

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