Terry Urbahn

sPEECHless (1998)

4 min 14 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

sPEECHless was made for a group show curated by Urbahn entitled The Karaokes (1998). Urbahn asked ten artists to produce videos in the popular sing-a-long idiom. Urbahn videoed himself dressed as a leather and make-up clad punk miming The Stranglers hit 'Peaches’ in a suburban lounge.

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