untitled work in progress

The male/female dichotomy inherent in my practice is framed by a 20th C Irish viewpoint. Using real life situations and tensions between men and women as my point of departure, also inherent is the notion of the domestic as a site of confinement. Enduring physical gestures are used as metaphors for transformative psychological positions and as passive aggressive assertions of power. My work is a social comment on the traditional representation of woman as object and on contemporary society through a representation of power playing situations.

The use of the Still and Moving image and the Loop as a representation of an irresolvable state are important components in the works. The space that lies between the still and moving image represents a tension between possibility and non-action indicating a latent possibility. I contend that ideas of impossibility are integral to the notion of equality. Cyclical competitive actions represent imbalances, repetition, failure and an acquisition of strength.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Art
• relationships
• struggle
• power
• control
• tension
• imbalance