17 / December
2011
Debra Fear - Bastinado by Zook
Debra Fears inquisitive approach allows her to notice and capture the most underestimated moments in life translating them into captivating video works often with a degree of dark humour.
Bastinado, directly translated as foot beating, shows a slowed down and reversed clip of crow cannibalism. It has a double connotation of something between cruel corporal punishment and strangely pleasurable experience. Probably one of the most atypical video works I have seen in this genre, Bastinado is beautifully crafted to accompany the soundtrack, which in itself is rather -dangerous term catchy and easy listening; the video puts a sinister, intellectual spin to it.
Thinking about the image and what actually happens -a crow ripping apart another bird (what I see as another crow but could be mistaken?) -I wonder how the artist came across witnessing it, whether by chance or through long hours of observation. The idea of chance is somehow more appealing.
Love it.
Olga Koroleva
Bastinado, directly translated as foot beating, shows a slowed down and reversed clip of crow cannibalism. It has a double connotation of something between cruel corporal punishment and strangely pleasurable experience. Probably one of the most atypical video works I have seen in this genre, Bastinado is beautifully crafted to accompany the soundtrack, which in itself is rather -dangerous term catchy and easy listening; the video puts a sinister, intellectual spin to it.
Thinking about the image and what actually happens -a crow ripping apart another bird (what I see as another crow but could be mistaken?) -I wonder how the artist came across witnessing it, whether by chance or through long hours of observation. The idea of chance is somehow more appealing.
Love it.
Olga Koroleva