Artist's statement: "'These are bodies' takes its central concept themes which have appeared in earlier works. For example: the total destruction of human individuality at the hands of systematic repression, the subsequent development of a scarred spiritual and emotional psyche pushing the individual further and further into a rarefied netherworld of deviant survival instinct leaving them to flounder' delight in a cesspit of their own making."
'These are bodies' is a video installation incorporating performance which creates a latter-day ampitheatre, whose tiered structure reflects the heirarchy of repressive power.
Victims flounder in a pool of water in the bottom of the arena, as the instigators of repressive force preside over the performance from the highest level. Their instruments of power, in the form of a circle of twenty monitors, are situated one tier down from the top. Those on the top level enforce the dynamic of the piece, the video tape symbolises violent intention, and those at the base remain ensnared.
Video Positive Commission.
New Commission.
[LESS]Artist's statement: "'These are bodies' takes its central concept themes which have appeared in earlier works. For example: the total destruction of human individuality at the hands of systematic repression, the subsequent development of a scarred spiritual and emotional psyche pushing the individual further and further into a rarefied netherworld of deviant survival instinct leaving them to flounder' delight in a cesspit of their own making."
'These are bodies' is a video installation incorporating performance which creates a latter-day ampitheatre, whose tiered structure reflects the heirarchy of repressive power.
Victims flounder in a pool of water in the bottom of the arena, as the instigators of repressive force preside over the performance from the highest level. Their instruments of power, in the form of a circle of twenty monitors, are situated one tier down from the top. Those on the top level enforce the dynamic of the piece, the video tape symbolises violent intention, and those at the base remain ensnared.
Video Positive Commission.
New Commission.
