Walking with a Ghost:
Arts-Based Research, Music Videos, and the Re-Performing Body
Pamela G. Taylor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Shannon O. Wilder
University of Georgia
Kathryn R. Helms
Virginia Commonwealth University
Citation: Taylor, P. G., Wilder, S. O., & Helms, K. R. (2007). Walking
with a Ghost: Arts-based research, music videos, and the re-performing
body.
International Journal of Education & the Arts, 8(7).
Retrieved [date] from http://www.ijea.org/v8n7/.
Abstract
In folk-rock duo Tegan and Sara's 2004 music video Walking with a
Ghost, two women face one another, mirrored images in black and
white. One is dressed in black - grunge shirt, pants and boots, while the
other stands barefoot in a simple white dress. The black-clad figure
removes three red paper hearts from her twin's chest, leaving crimson
gashes in her clothing as the white-clad twin morphs into three mutilated
figures. The wounded trio sings to their other self, "no matter which way
you go, no matter which way you stay, you're out of my mind, out of my
mind . . ." In this article, we respond to the ways that Tegan and Sara's
music video relies on their twin bodies as visual and metaphorical
narrative devices as well as sites for re-inscribing cultural memory. We
do this by presenting and analyzing our personal audiovisual responses
(hypertextual video shorts) to Walking with a Ghost. Employing an
autoethnographic arts-based research approach, we visually and
metaphorically inscribe our own video bodies with text and images to
explore personal and cultural reactions. Further, using the experiences of
a graduate art education technology class' work with the video, we share
the curricular implications for understanding how memory and the body
affect, inform, and alter human perception.
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