What you see in this short video is a shot of the floor in a darkened room, with the video being projected onto it.
This was initially an exploration of dirt and the cultural associations we attach to it. By removing the bath from it’s original setting, and projecting the video in a corridor space, I wanted people to question the limitations of public and private. While the movement is mundane, the conflict occurs in the spatial element of the work: by projecting vertically, reinforcing the camera angle, the bath is juxtaposed onto the floor, and purity and dirt are in direct contact. Through physically looking down on a female nude who washes without any awareness of being observed, the audience is made to feel like a voyeur, inspiring further political connotations, through an awareness of the male gaze.
This video documents the video installation in a few short clips.
Cast:Eva Goldwyn Simpkins
Tags:dirt, bath, clean, wash, cleansing, purity, cleaning, bathroom, video art, voyeurism, camera angle, voyeur, observe, central saint martins, observation, installation, installation art, video installation and sculptural video