Ablutionsvideo installation by Sonja van Kerkhoff,
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Ablutions ( = meditative washing). nederlands | |||
back to the story terug naar het verhaal view 5 seconds of a video clip out of a 6 minute video that is looped. 1.6 MB, 300 x 240 pixels. |
A projection of my hands moving downwards towards a glass bowl and then carrying water upwards. As the hands move upwards the image gradually darkens so the hands appear to rise into darkness. The video image is projected onto a cloth suspended between four pillars. Each pillar is 50 cm apart so one or two people can view the image in each of the four openings. Shown: Oceania, Urmond, The Netherlands 2004 Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand 2000 (as a 6 minute video), Waterloo Action, London, U.K. 2000 (on a tv monitor as a continuous loop) Galleria Art Halvare, Oulu, Finland, 1999 Visionfest, Albert Dock, Liverpool, U.K., 1997 Mycelium exhibition, Landbouwbelang, Maastricht, 1995 Kunstcentrum, Sittard, The Netherlands, 1995 (view postcard) | ||
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This is a 6 minute video edit of a performance. There are variations that indicate that this is a process rather than a mechanical repetition (the idea of a loop). This distinction is important in this work because the repeated act is to evoke a sense of transcendence rather than an re-examination or re-presentation of the physical action.
I made this piece to express my sense of the spiritual as a Bahá´í. Some Bahá´ís wash before saying their daily prayer just as Muslims do. It is not about cleaning, but more a ritual or preparation for communing with the divine. The video images are from my ´performing´ these ablutions under and towards the camera. |
Installation in Oceania, projected from a computer onto a white cube. | Ik heb dit werk gemaakt om mijn gevoel van het spirituele als bahá'í te delen. Sommige Bahá'ís wassen hun handen en hun gezicht voordat ze hun dagelijkse gebeden zeggen, net zoals de moslims dat doen. Het gaat hierbij niet om schoonmaken, maar het is meer een ritueel of een voorbereiding op het communiceren met het goddelijke. |
A one minute 2004, version
| stills from this version to come |
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