The Endless Press Up,
Single channel video intended for endless loop
August, 2010
'The Endless Press Up' is one of a series of videos in which a short performance by the artist is seamlessly looped to create ‘false’ evidence of an excruciating and ultimately impossible act of endurance or resistance. For example, in this work, I appear to perform the action of the title indefinitely. Although one may initially be entertained by the illusion, over time the figure can come to resemble a mechanised object, trapped in a Beckettian cycle of absurd, repetitive and pointless struggle: a subject being trained, disciplined or punished.
Stand Up Straight
Looped video. Filmed at Green Fields studio, Leipzig, Germany. February, 2012
Stand Up Straight
Looped video. Filmed at Green Fields studio, Leipzig, Germany. February, 2012
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