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DeClemente|Lori Gordon|Hope
Hilton|Virginia Kleker|Megan
McCready Virginia
Kleker She
said no at first. No to being in a 'gift show' with friends. Kleker
uses her initial refusal to participate in what eventually became
You Can Have It All to investigate the social dynamics
of her relationships to the artists Lynn DeClemente, Lori Gordon,
Ashley Neese and Susan O'Malley. We find examples of gifts given
to Kleker as well as instances of her taking something from their
studios such as a bit of hair. Her autobiographic video traces
evidence of the artists' shared interest in gift giving and collaboration,
from making buttons in their artistic practice to mixes and letters
as part of their friendship. As she studies photographs of them
and related belongings, she recounts her secret admiration of
their qualities and idiosyncrasies, shared traits and points of
difference. At the same time, she exposes her jealous insecurities
and acute sense of when something goes wrong or they drift apart.
Kleker concludes that she wanted more than they could give. Her
incredibly honest monologue verges on letting them have more than
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