Peek-A-Boo
video 3:33"
2007
video 3:33"
2007
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| While a smile shows our canines, insinuating a sinister emotion, so too can a laugh possess a disturbing and menacing quality. In Peek-A-Boo, a simple and fun activity is dissected through repetition. Within the work, the complication of our contemporary life is reflected in the duplicity and layering of this single one game of Peek-A-Boo. Where a single clip would show a pure unabashed laughter sparked by the simplicity of peek-a-boo, once layered and complicated, the repetition takes on a manic and perhaps even sinister feel. As viewers, we know it to be playful yet feel their disturbing effects, due to this amplification of a child's manic behavior. |