Showing Seeing
,Helena Hunter
, 2014, HD digital video, colour, stereo, 10 min, 16:9.Showing Seeing is a short film set in an optical museum and a museum of theatre and performance. The settings present a framing device for a personal narrative that negotiates the visual acts of remembering and forgetting. As the camera contemplates theatrical objects and optical artifacts a voice recounts experiences relating to looking, training, and performance.
Each Way
,Helena Hunter
, 2014, two-channel HD video, colour, silent, looped, 8:53 min, 16:9.Each Way consists of two silent video projections depicting children training and animals fighting. The films focus on the physical contact between the human and animal bodies and highlight the intimacy, force and vulnerability in the interactions.
Cut
,Helena Hunter
, 2014, SD digital video, colour, sound, 6.28 min, 4:3.Cut is a single-channel video projection that contains footage from the British Medical Association archives showing the dissection of an eyeball. The sound edited to the film features popular songs about eyes that explore the themes of love, hypnosis, sex, longing, deceit and death.
Helena Hunter
web: www.helenahunter.net