Inverted Birth (Detail)
2014, video/sound installation, 8.22 min
An elderly man, gaunt, shirtless, cadaver-like, yields to an otherworldly journey from death to life.
7. Inverted_Birth_07‘Video is simply a tool, like the brush or the pencil. I was attracted to video because of its immediacy and fluidity.
‘Whether recording or not, while it is on, the camera’s eye never closes, and never blinks. In my early experiments I used the camera as a surrogate eye to help me explore various aspects of human perception, and then later, emotions. I found that I could also use it to express my inner world. My work can be described as visual poetry; there is no narrative in the normal cinematic sense and the structure is often defined by the exploration of a universal theme.’