WORLD’S LARGEST
Amy Elliott and Elizabeth Donius, 77 min, video, 2010, USA

Across the United States are countless small towns looking for recognition (and tourist dollars) as the home of the “world’s largest” something. Statues of giant killer bees, strawberries,
pheasants, and more are among these peculiar monuments that stand in testimony to the struggles of rural America to be recognized, to have their communities and their very existence
validated. Amy Elliot and Elizabeth Donius traveled to over 50 of these towns and focus on the four-year effort by Soap Lake, Washington, to become home to the world’s largest lava lamp. By
turns humorous and heartbreaking, WORLD'S LARGEST captures the changing landscape of small-town America. (Bryan Wendorf)

GUIDED TOUR
Judy Fiskin, 12 min, super8 on video, 2010, USA

“By turns poetic and funny, GUIDED TOUR is about the talk around art and the mute beauty of photography, the disconcerting ties between kitsch and art, and the ultimate inadequacy of all kinds of description.” (JF)