Artist Research

Do Ho Suh, Someone 1998
Coco Fusco, Couple in a Cage 1993

With Couple in a Cage people were convinced that they were real 'savages' believing the artist's fiction was in fact real. I love this social experiment. It reflects on the morality of treating human beings as exotic curiosities. It links in some way into what I'm doing, human exploitation. Fusco is very much a political artist, and I think her work is very interesting and informative.

Here is an interesting talk by Coco Fusco (scroll futher down for her video)

I also discussed with Juan the notion of loss of identity. My work at the moment (dealing with missing people) very much reflects that. I will perhaps look into that side of it more, as no-one likes to be forgotten about. The first image that popped into my head when thinking about loss of identity is Do Ho Suh's Someone. This is a very poweful piece, and the empty space within the jacket very much reflects a loss of identity.