Queen's English

Queen’s English This video artwork is a response to Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas painting, in Madrid. It is a meta-narrative written by myself, recounting the Queen’s reflections on the moment she walks into the studio and sees her daughter being painted. The Queen, as lovers of the painting will know, appears only as a vague shimmering figure caught in a mirror at the rear of the painting. As such she and her husband beside her, might appear to be periphery figures. Her marginality interested me such that I wanted to elevate her to centre stage and consider her thoughts and her reflections on what we, the viewer, see in the picture.