I have spent much time with this film – it has gone through many edits and reworking.
Not wanting it to be seen as a full image I have been finding ways to capture the film within a box within another box – to layer and conceal. I have used layers and opacity to create a vision that is dreamlike in quality although of a subject that is mundane and everyday – running/having a bath.
I have added peep holes for the viewer to capture fragments of, not only the film (which is thrown around the box with mirrors) but also of others looking into the box and themselves looking in. Who is looking at who, who is looking in and who is looking out.
Every material I have used are materials used in the structure and decoration of a home – from the wood, the pipes, through to the wallpaper that I have covered the box with.
The film is not intended to be seen as voyeuristic, yet I am aware that the viewer will bring whatever they have to the piece. It is a view into a room within a home – a place of privacy and of everyday ritual. The young figure is unaware of being seen, yet the viewer is aware they are being looked at as well as looking. What we sometimes see as sanctuary – whether it be the woods or the locked bathroom is not always what it seems – our subconscious can, at times, feel infiltrated and disturbed by others.
This piece is a a culmination of much of my practice to be used on it’s own or as part of a larger installation. It is a consolidation of much of the work I have been exploring for the last two years.