IMAGINATION

Imagination, Dead Imagine, 1991

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First exhibited Foundation La Caixa, Madrid 1991

An androgynous head is projected as if contained within a minimalist cube. Sounds of the head slowly breathing fill the space. The head is serene, waiting. Suddenly a substance pours over it from all sides, drenching it in what appears to be a bodily fluid. The spectator wants to turn away but can not, the gaze is compelled through the invocation of the scopic drive. Horror at the repulsive nature of the substance (the abject) is replaced by fascination with the beauty of what might be considered a contemporary sublime.

Installation. 5 channel video-sound projection. 10’ x 10’ x 10’

Related publications:

Public Fantasy, Brian Wallis, Download Link

Imagination Dead Imagine, Judith Barry, Download Link

Articulate Spatial Projections, G. Sangster, Download Link

Space that Art Makes, Judith Barry, Download Link

Future Cinema, Judith Barry, Download Link

Spectacle & Subjectivity, Johanna Drucker, Download Link

Casual-Shopper, Judith Barry, Download Link

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Press:

Frieze.com, David-Geers, Download Link

New Yorker, Editors, Download Link

Architects Newspaper, Susan Morris, Download Link

Timeout, Michael Wilson, Download Link

Deliciousline, William Corwin, Download Link

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