(T.W. Medical Imagery)
In regards to my portfolio project, I would like to document my references and research material. These performances, books, films, and artists have been imperative to the creation of this project.
Stomach Cam Research and Resources
Stomach Cam (Youtube Channel)
Stomach Cam is a YouTube fetish channel where one anonymous user puts an endoscopic camera inside of themselves and silently captures video footage of their food digesting. Stomach Cam is a resource which informs the practice of using the endoscopic camera. The piece is also very informed by the people who watch Stomach Cam, their ideas, ideologies and behaviour.
Hyper-Annotation – Kenji Siratori
Hyper-Annotation is a collection of short-stories, poems, schematics, and glitch literature from multiple contributors published by Kenji Siratori. I have taken much inspiration from the experimental nature of the book, I have continued to use its intense prose and chaotic imagery as a corner stone for this piece. The book has heavily influenced the visual aesthetics for Stomach Cam, using both the writing and the artwork within the book as reference for the piece.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica – Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel
This film is responsible for the initial idea for the performative aspect of Stomach Cam. It is “An examination of the human body as an extraordinary landscape that is also otherworldly and harrowing, from five hospitals in northern Paris neighbourhoods.” The film made me confront the imagery and landscapes within my own body. I felt intimated by the seemingly uncontrollable and complex systems. I was inspired to confront these ideas, ejecting them outwards in a more comprehensible way. I will continue to use this film as a resource and reminder to be confrontational as the piece develops.
Slieve Dhu Research and Resources
Velvet Water – Chris Burden
Velvet Water, 1974 “Burden relentlessly dunked his head in a filled-up sink, trying to inhale the oxygen-rich water. We sat stupefied, paralyzed, until he seemed to pass out, and the monitor went dark, and that was it.” – Jerry Saltz, 2013. I have found this piece by Chris Burden to be invaluable in researching the performative aspect of Slieve Dhu. I have used and will continue to use Burden’s performances as a fundamental for the endurance aspect of Slieve Dhu.
The Gerogerigegege – Japanoise Group
The group was a vessel for the anomalous Juntaro Yamanouchi, who oddly stated that the outfit was birthed from a mutual love of noise music and The Ramones. One of the main proponents in The Gerogerigegege’s live performances was GERO 30’s exhibitionism, often leading to extremely intense and unsettling live scenes. The Gerogerigegege have heavily informed my interest in practicing and creating performance art. Their gloomy, misanthropic attitude has heavily informed the themes of this piece.
Hermann Nitsch
Nitsch believed that artwork should disgust the audience, and in order to achieve this he often incorporated animal carcasses alongside religious imagery, as well as more real blood. His work incorporated ritual in order to celebrate or chastise the human body. The work of Hermann Nitsch continues to inform the philosophies and ideas behind this piece, to me his work can inspire shame and disgust as well as celebration, I have been finding it incredibly useful working within this threshold.