Refuses (2006)

Refuses began as a visual extension of Carolyn Bergdahls poem Fuses after Carolee Schneemann Just as Bergdhls poem speaks to Schneemanns tabooshattering 196466 film Donegans Refuses is a direct response to the poem Using Bergdahls poem as a template Donegan creates a structured visual language that leans as much on formal rules as it does on content In Donegans silent collage of seemingly disparate images culled from Internet searches and home video footage each new clip directly corresponds to a word in the original Bergdahl poem the apparent stream of consciousness is governed by a rigorous set of rules