X/701085 (2010)
Images follow the process of my hair being analysed, this came out of the information that my very unwell brother's hair contained high levels of arsenic. Its source was unknown.
VIDEOS with audio, one projected, one on monitor
Images follow the process of my hair being analysed, this came out of the information that my very unwell brother's hair contained high levels of arsenic. Its source was unknown.
VIDEOS with audio, one projected, one on monitor
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Yvonne Jones. x 701085
video on monitor installation 2010 |
Yvonne Jones X/701085 hair analyses projected,
1min sample video looped for installation 2010.
1min sample video looped for installation 2010.
Not knowing where it would lead, I requested time in a hair analysis laboratory. I was given clearance and the freedom to shadow, explore what happened here.My gratitude to the lab Director and Staff for accommodating me. This was me as subject (my hair sample) but also as 'other', the 'scientist'. It reflects my questioning and explorations of inside / outside. It explores identity and with my hair undergoing this process how body and machine are supplementing one another.
FORM:
Two elements are played continuously, creating different rythms installed both on a monitor and as a large projection within a single space. The viewer encompassed in the hypnotic turnings and audio. The surface images are reflections on the glass door of the machine, showing what is exterior of the machine in its environment, simultaneously giving access to its interior as the the contents twist back and forth as they are processed.
PROCESS:
The work is the outcome of time spent in a hair analysis laboratory. I was allowed to take images and move around the lab as I wished, ethical and safety issues having been explained to me. Many images were obtained during the stay. This work was developed from observation and recording of processes within the lab.
CONTEXT:
This work was enabled thanks to the West Meon Hair Analysis laboratories Director and Staff. I requested and was accepted to have my hair analysed. The work contains the inner and outer 'experience' of the event. We see the glass door of the machine that reduces the hair to a liquid.The inside of the machine is visible as the turntable moves first one direction and then in the opposite direction, systematically breaking down the hair. The glass door reflects the world outside of the machine and 'the life' going on inside it. An audio track of incidental music played in the lab is heard in the work, sound that represents the presence of human beings, it is repetitious, its timing coincides with the motion of the machine.This piece is comfortable to present on a monitor, indicating the distancing from the fragility of of projected light that equates to an acknowledgement of subject as object. Alongside, the projected image offers immersion in the working of the machine.
Two elements are played continuously, creating different rythms installed both on a monitor and as a large projection within a single space. The viewer encompassed in the hypnotic turnings and audio. The surface images are reflections on the glass door of the machine, showing what is exterior of the machine in its environment, simultaneously giving access to its interior as the the contents twist back and forth as they are processed.
PROCESS:
The work is the outcome of time spent in a hair analysis laboratory. I was allowed to take images and move around the lab as I wished, ethical and safety issues having been explained to me. Many images were obtained during the stay. This work was developed from observation and recording of processes within the lab.
CONTEXT:
This work was enabled thanks to the West Meon Hair Analysis laboratories Director and Staff. I requested and was accepted to have my hair analysed. The work contains the inner and outer 'experience' of the event. We see the glass door of the machine that reduces the hair to a liquid.The inside of the machine is visible as the turntable moves first one direction and then in the opposite direction, systematically breaking down the hair. The glass door reflects the world outside of the machine and 'the life' going on inside it. An audio track of incidental music played in the lab is heard in the work, sound that represents the presence of human beings, it is repetitious, its timing coincides with the motion of the machine.This piece is comfortable to present on a monitor, indicating the distancing from the fragility of of projected light that equates to an acknowledgement of subject as object. Alongside, the projected image offers immersion in the working of the machine.
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