Made in the style of a karaoke music video, this is part homage to Diana Ross’s 1979 single “It’s My House,” and part exploration of the messes and pleasures of having and sharing a “space” to call our own. Intertwined with the characteristic lyric titles of karaoke videos is a collection of scenes filmed on Super 8 where two people and a puppet move in and out of the frame, caught in the act of something… Part consciousness-raising, part illicit concoction, part inventory of liquids, text fragments and scattered objects, these scenes accompany such lyrics as “there’s my chair / I put it there,” reminding us all of self-determination’s aesthetic pleasure. Through humour, karaoke and the familiarity of a muppet-like face, Marble presents “IT’S MY HOUSE” invites dialogue about the relationship between dignified housing and the radical potential of playing together.
