Saturday, 11 February 2012

Alice’s crit: “The door”

An ambiguous image of a burnt door is projected on the wall. Deafening sound accompanying the installation creates a very disturbing atmosphere in the darkened studio. It belongs to a projection of a hand, which seems to be banging on the door. This image is layered with a pattern of a curtain, hanged on a wooden frame in front of it. Absorbing this staged situation, it is very tempting to make up narratives. There is something very eerie about this piece. 
However, the fact that we can see all the elements of the installation (including the empty pseudo door frame with the curtain, the amp and projectors..) suggests, that this piece does not want to create an illusion of something, it does not want to confuse, it is clear that it is a very intense report of some sort. The scale of the hand banging on the door, the ambiguity of the projected image of the door in combination with the strident sound, all of this on a loop, speak of an exaggerated moment in time, a very strong experience and terror.