Big Ones

by Sonja van Kerkhoff,1998

Two larger than life-size transluscent photo-images of children. Installation in the Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.

Their gestures are ambiguous. One stands on one leg holding his head in his arm and the other is bent over, feet wide apart, about to roll a rock over in the sand. The title refers not just to size, but also to telling 'big ones' -stories. We can't tell if the 'acts' are 'natural' or 'artifical', 'original' or 'copied', or whether they are 'real' or 'fictive' (lies).

Extensions of this work and theme. Big Ones installation in the Living Creature exhibition, May 1999. Big Ones and Small ones in the archief installation, June, 1999 Small ones two small computer prints, 1999 The Ritual - video in progress using related images

the medium

c.v. last things first