Textual Poaching: GC x BC

General Conference x Broad City


See the Remix Here


Artist's Statement

            I identify as a Latter-Day Saint woman. For the most part, I’m proud of this. However, I find that this identity can conflict with ideals I’ve developed as a modern woman. I don’t view this as bad thing, but as something that’s interesting. In order to portray this, I chose to remix a talk from the October General Conference of 1979. This talk is an outlier because, though written by then President of the Church Spencer W. Kimball, it is delivered by his wife, as President Kimball was in the hospital at the time. As a Latter-Day Saint, it’s interesting to hear the words of a prophet come from the mouth of a woman. It’s not something that we see a lot in the church, and I think it adds to the talk, especially given the subject: the role of women. I like this talk because it’s fairly progressive and even more so given the time. I believe that if this talk were given today, not much would change. Though I find the talk to be an accurate representation of my identity as a female member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, there are also elements of the talk that are a bit more, shall we say, conservative than I currently perceive my role as a woman to be. 
            Enter Broad City. It’s a TV show on Comedy Central about two twenty something best friends living in New York that I feel captures the modern day woman. Though I relate to the show, it’s not a perfect representation of my world, because of my Latter-Day Saint identity. It’s my hope that the remix of these two mediums creates a conversation between the two. I’ve selected parts from Sister Kimball’s talk that I feel best represent my Latter-Day Saint identity, and responded to them with a clip from Broad City. Sometimes, being a modern woman completely satisfies my religious beliefs. Therefore, The goal was not to completely contradict. In fact, I’ve picked some clips that I find compliment each other very well. However, it would be a mistake if I didn’t include some of the opposites. This updates the ideal, and reconciles how I feel, and formulating my identity in a more complete way. The song is a Beastie Boys instrumental from the Broad City soundtrack. Its purpose is to unite the clips and help the video seem more fluid, just as I’ve learned to reconcile different parts of my identity. 

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