Or Williams


 

I am an artist/performer working across moving image, digital and new media, and working predominantly with my body to communicate ideas of perfection, social media, disability through the lens of a middle aged woman. I am interested in taking part in your project as it highlights the intersection between the two relevant mediums of my practice.

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  1. kerryrawApril 12, 2023 at 6:52 PM

    haunting image... I wonder, since you mentioned disability, is the liminal space between ability/ -dis-ability the seemingly peeling layers, almost dissolving of 'self', that I see in this piece?

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    1. Madness and StoriesApril 13, 2023 at 1:31 PM

      It is mostly about new ways of defining the self, as well as what "moves" the surface. The idea of a static image mimics the less functional body, and through using digital technologies I am able to create a form of movement beneath the surface. In a way I think you hit the nail on the head there, it is this liminal space that makes the image uncanny.

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  2. Demeter DykesMay 2, 2023 at 10:42 AM

    The movement of the surface seems to be revealing something powerful and fundamental. Do you see self-containment being held in this image?

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    1. Madness and StoriesMay 3, 2023 at 12:05 PM

      Yes, of course. I think it was not made with the intention of making it as such, but creating the layers eventually led to this self-containment feeling you identified.
      The idea of having different movements combined is the heart of my work, this allows me to explore the processes of changing-aging and self reflecting in a therapeutic, almost hypnotic way.

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  3. fionaMay 9, 2023 at 4:10 PM

    I am interested by the contrasting, almost contradictory, observations above: that of the self dissolving in the liminal space, and that of self containment. Perhaps both these can be present in one work?

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    1. Madness and StoriesMay 9, 2023 at 6:52 PM

      I think they have to so exist in this particular work, and this is why it works so well in a layered image. Perhaps it is so obvious to me, as this image is only one frame from a video work and I cannot really consider it as one image in itself.
      Attaching the link to the video, maybe this will make more sense:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl0BCNL134I

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