Gestures of Anatomy, 2'10 excerpt (original 14'00)
Gestures of Anatomy (2019) uses the location of the launderette to focus on cyclical systems and feedback loops — looking in more depth at the characters who make up a 'social fabric'. It involves five different characters who explore in varying degree the systems that harness them. A female sex worker talks privately about her body, her sweat and desire; a man reflects on his need for breathable, clean materials whilst morphing into an advertisement sales man; a homeless male on the phone communicates his disdain at others judgement and reads about concepts of pollution and purity on his phone; and two girls communicate carelessly about their repetitive hunger, the synchronisation of their periods, and sisterhood. Gestures of Anatomy (2019) reflects on hygiene and routine, thinking about the rhetoric of 'social cleansing' and how individuals are either included or excluded from a social environment.
Supported as a result of winning the Feminist Art Prize 2019 at IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art.