Period is a 31 day dramatization about my menstrual cycle, which takes place in my bedroom. Based on the genre of the subject matter, I used a vintage home video camera to give a casual and personal diaristic quality. With this low technique effect, I wanted to create a more raw atmospheric and emotional tone according to the theater of the hormonal cycle.

The video camera perspective is in position of the television set. Starting from day one on, I appear to be the viewer watching t.v. As the days channel surf by, it appears the viewer is watching me as I parody the daily drama of my menstrual cycle.

3 vignettes of 31 days are viewed on this site; Day 5 is the beginning of the cycle, and more about what we do in privacy than hormonal surge. By DAY 12, "O" appears on the screen to mark the beginning of ovulation. When watching Period in its entirety, "E" for estrogen and "T" for testosterone appear on the screen signifying the ups and downs and Day 25 is one example of the heightened theater of the monthly cycle.