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New York Story
ES ES-OVNI RSC-1993 · Item · 2007
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Breyer P-Orridge , also known as Genesis P-Orridge and life partner Lady Jaye, have garnered attention in recent years by undergoing medical procedures to eliminate their physical differences. "One of the central themes of our work is the malleability of physical and behavioral identity," they explain, giving rise to their merged identity. The two hope to create a new gender, the pandrogyne, a hermaphroditic entity called Breyer P-Orridge.

New Penelope
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S012-SS007-0014 · Item · 2006
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Economic depression and political chaos force Tajik men to become migrant labourers, working in unsafe conditions and with inconsistent pay. Tajik women attempt to keep their families alive, and, in some cases, enter polygamous marriages to feed themselves and their families. Often, these women relate to Penelope, the wife of the mythical hero Odysseus, who waits many years for her husband to return.

ES ES-OVNI CTX-S013-SS007-0133 · Item · 2008
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Katrina was called the worst natural disaster in America in 100 years... but the hundreds who died here were not killed by the storm - they were left for days to drown as flood waters rose around them. And today, the storm isn't what's keeping most of the city's former residents from returning home. A richer, whiter New Orleans is being built in which the city's poor and black majority have no place. While the city moves ahead with its plans to destroy public housing, scattered former residents fight a desperate battle for their right to return home.