Casserole (2009)
Video, single channel
04:43
Over the course of four weeks I collected footage at the dinner table of my home and I used the different stories and conversations shared to stitch one dinner conversation together. My interest lies in the art of conversation – how we react and interact. This is one of my first conversation pieces and the only piece that uses “real material.”
Real Men (2009)
Video, single channel
07:53
This is conversation with myself as both the subject and as the interviewee; my two selves converse to an off-screen self (who is not actually present). It is a sort of mocumentary where I am using real material from a real experience (an encounter with a strange man) where I “struggle” with my morals and general ethics in regards to this encounter; the interview is my solution to materializing my thoughts about the given issues. I use the split screen to create a temporal barrier allowing the viewer to question whether the character is actual two characters or if the interview is over a course of time. I was interested in the works of Candace Breitz and Colin Campbell in regards to making this work.
Blogs for a Film (2009)
Video, single channel
09:00
This video is an investigation of the Internet as a space/non-space and how we exist in it. Onscreen I take on the personas of five different characters to enbody the writers of found blogs on the internet. I used a computer narrator to read each blog out as each of my on screen characters acted as a body for the anonymous writers. The computer narrator reads the words in a monotone voice, mispronouncing and mis-stressing certain words, presenting very private and emotional stories in a disconnected and cold manner.
some chat (Monika & Carlos I) (2010)
Video, single channel
08:05
This is a banal internet conversation between two high school kids, Monika and Carlos. This video has two parts to it, as a suggestion of a never ending Internet conversation. This work is an extension of Blogs for a Film, where it takes the nature of the Internet and materializes its participants.
some chat (Monika & Carlos II) (2010)
Video, single channel
05:16
