Reduced Spaces, 2001
multimedia installation consisting of video films,
walk in sculpture (size variable) and a performance
I can see you all
single channel ,black/white,sound,loop
duration 5minutes 40 seconds
I want to say something
single channel, Black/white,sound,loop
duration 4minutes 25 seconds
Through the door
single channel,Black/white,sound,loop
duration 3minutes 21seconds
Running
single channel ,black/white,sound,loop
duration 3 minutes
I want to fly
single channel, Black/white,sound,loop
duration 3 minutes
Reduced Spaces addressed alienation, fear and claustrophobia experienced by women in urban society and their struggle to deal with it. In the films, by creating and framing, I literally fragmented and distorted the bodies and the spaces to articulate the metaphorical spaces in my enquiry of the specific gender subjectivity. I used sound, light and shade, close ups of body parts, claustrophobic structures, and repeated action to add to the experience of struggle and claustrophobia.
The walk in sculpture was made of Bamboos and gunny material to create a field of obstruction for the viewer to move in freely. As the viewer walked through the sculpture, the viewer was invited to experience the claustrophobia, which the protagonist in the film is also experiencing.
The dance performance was evolved through tai-chi exercises. Tai chi is about collecting energy from the body, cosmos, and earth. The performance communicated simultaneous repression and explosion of energy within the restricted space.
