Molten Form: Assumed Identity 01
This project was developed in direct relation to the artefacts that were stolen from around the World and transported to England during colonial missions, the material, cultural and labour extraction through slavery formed the basis of many contemporary arts institutions in the UK.
Reflecting on the violence and fetishisation behind such collections I began to imagine these objects screaming for help, demanding to be heard, seen, understood, released, left alone. Subject to indefinite display and ripped from their original contexts.
Assumed Identity 01 presents a being which exists between worlds - at once human, alien, zombie, ghost & goddess - their form invites a reevaluation of signifiers which have often been bastardised through historical (Colonial) retellings and contemporary media tropes.
Commissioned by the Sainsbury Centre and presented as a 3 channel asynchronous video installation and sonic intervention during Harold Offeh’s curated event Of Mythic Worlds
Screen 1 - text-based reflections on our social landscape
Screen 2 - an introduction via video documentation
Screen 3 - verbal reflections & endurance postures
Sonic intervention - for a moment the soundtrack floods the space (the Sainsbury Centre), creating an immersive environment for an alternative reading of the people, artworks and artefacts within the centre and beyond the screens.
Videography by SINIŠA
Movement Direction by Izzy Gzowski
Hair, Makeup and Nails by Doll Vaknin