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| Self Geste 2009 single-channel video 06:05 4:3, b&w, stereo sound Self Geste performs the reproduction of gestures applied to the body, demonstrating a desire towards a mastery of the working body itself. This video emphasizes a shift from an outward projection of effort to an internalized experience of work. The gestures reference grooming one’s self—from straightening a collar to fixing one’s hair. The actions are continuously repeated in ordered and remixed progressions, like a codified vocabulary of body language whose signification is lost in the manic repetition. What remains is a ritualized emptying of meaning. |
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 Self Geste, video stills |
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| Self Geste, video excerpt |
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| Exhibitions and Screenings: 2011 Working Order, Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture, Edmonton, Canada 2011 And No One Was Around, Art POP, Société des arts technologiques, Montréal, Canada 2011 WORK WORK WORK, The Art Marathon Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Canada 2011 Art Souterrain, Nuit Blanche à Montréal, Canada 2010 WORK WORK WORK, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, Canada 2010 aluCine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada 2010 Eject 3, Mexico City International VideoPerformance Festival, Mexico 2009 WORK WORK WORK, Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal, Canada |
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© Karen Zalamea 2003-2012
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