Brief statement about my work..

My current studio practice as it is dealing with the theme of identity and the personal struggle surrounding it. My current work slightly focuses on the role and position of women and the tensions that are created. The lack of a mouth in the image in my installations symbolise the silenced views of women’s identity. The use of objects such as bracelets, chains, necklaces act as a substitute for the lack of ability to speak and help bridge the gap between personal identity and feelings to the viewer.

Tony Oursler

It was recommended that i take a look at the work of Tony Oursler, he is known for video, performance and installation art.

Oursler is best known for his sculptural video installations where faces are projected onto ball-like screens to present faces that talk, scream, watch and engage their audience in the gallery. Frequently combining spoken text, moving image and sculptural object, Oursler’s works seem like animate effigies in their own psychological space, often appearing to interact directly with, or confront, the viewer. Signature works have been his talking lights, such as Streetlight (1997), his series of video sculptures of eyes with television screens reflected in the pupils, and ominous talking heads such as Composite Still Life (1999). An installation called Optics (1999) examines the polarity between dark and light in the history of the camera obscura. Oursler creates installations that consistently disturb and fascinate to great popular and critical acclaim

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"Caricature", 2002. Plastic, paint, video projector, DVD-player, performance by Constance DeJong. Exhibited at Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall Sep-Dec, 2002

Tony Oursler in the Pompidou Centre



I am really interested in his work, especially the way in which, the sculptural objects that he projects on become so life like and hold human qualities.. I am going to read more into Tony Oursler, to see if his pieces can have any impact on my future work.