Belly of the Beast

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(2021)

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Analogue photographs and video  (16min)

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As part of group exhibition Sculptural Landscapes at Galleri Format, Malmö, Sweden 2021. Curated by Trine Stephensen.

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Other participating artists;

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Ditte Knus Tønnesen, Inka & Niclas, Mathias Kruse Jørgensen, Miriam H Nielsen

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Belly of the Beast explores the intricate relationship between proximity and distance in relation to the body. Drawing inspiration from Marcel Duchamp's "Étant Donnés", the work draws connotations to the peep hole as a performative space of voyeurism and taboo. The photos display glory holes photographed in  temporarily closed clubs in Berlin during Covid-19.

The video depict footage from filming myself using a surgical endoscope camera. The camera journeys across the terrain of the body like an adventurer exploring unknown territories. Bright hues arise from the pressure exerted on the skin, erasing the gap between body and apparatus. The close-up transforms into a hiding place, questioning the unfamiliarity of one's own body. I collaborated with artist and writer Isobel Wohl to create textual elements that aim to provoke a collision between intimacy and separation, between private and public. The fictional dialogue borrows language from online communication and metaphors of the micro and macro.

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