Dimensions variable
Digitally manipulated video and projection
installation
The Other deals with ideas of personal identity
experienced though intimacy. Referencing the artistic collaboration of Marina
Abramović and Ulay. The Other features a female and male subject. The
installation of the work experiments with ideas of the gaze, challenging the
tradition of the female gazed upon subject of Renaissance painting. Similar to
the work of Ann Hamilton the circular vignettes and peephole crops reference
the sensual physicality of observation. In reference to the work of Australian
artist Tracy Moffatt, The Other juxtaposes fantasy and reality through altered
film to create a hyper real ascetic in reference to classic cinema.
Within the main projections, the two
subjects are positioned to observe each other. The audience member interrupts
this intimate gaze though there observation of the work. The smaller screens
positioned close to the ground force the viewer to lie next to the subject in
order to observe them, establishing an intimate moment between viewer and
viewed. Within the dark room installation the audience member views the gazed
upon subject through a peephole from a position of heightened empowerment,
observing a vulnerable private moment. As the subject looks back at the
observer, they become aware of the gaze. Through the observation of the other,
the viewer becomes aware of the self.