rock, globe, egg

In this video work sculptural objects become actants, setting in motion a non-verbal interplay involving three women. The objects are casts and thus embody an enquiry into materiality, absence and transformation; through the casting process each has passed from solid to void to liquid and back to solid. In the video this notion of flux continues, all be it in a different guise, as the objects are passed between hands. Each object is part of a pair as they have each been cast both in red wax and white plaster. These casting materials have different weights and tactile qualities, which affect the action. The red wax globe is not featured in the video but lies static on the floor beneath the projected video thus extending the drama outwards to implicate the live space and moment of viewing. The video projector is to be hung on taut wires from the ceiling so that it functions as a suspended sculptural object; the height and scale of the projected video addressing the viewer’s own body. rock, globe, egg references different co-existing time scales from the geological to the human and probes the status of matter and representation, living and inert. Within this work there is a reference to Ingmar Bergman’s film “Cries and Whispers”. This work combines a video (projected directly on the wall so that the top of the projection is approx 130cm from the floor) with a sculptural element (a cast wax sphere 19.5cm diameter which is placed on the floor beneath the video projection ). The projector is a third element in the work and will ideally be suspended from the ceiling on taut wires. Performers: Freya Bramble-Carter, Jo Gifford, Ha Jin Lee