Thrash

Performance made for video, with sound.

Thrash is a short performance work made for the camera. Aesthetically its concern is with the boundary of the frame and the breakdown of the image surface. In substance it is concerned with the limitations of both the body and ideas about femininity.

A woman shakes herself continually as the song Ave Maria plays. Her movements are frantic and contrast with the smooth and mellifluous tones of the music. The sound of her laboured breathing can be heard over the music as she seems to try to shake herself out of herself. Disturbed and disturbing, this performance work attempts to unsettle and complicate an idealised image of femininity through the simple use of technology.

Duration 5 minutes (looped for presentation)