Kika Thorne: Bodies and Desire
LUX: A Decade of Artists' Film & Video, 2000, pp. 239-247
Toronto: YYZ books and PleasureDome, 2000
From political protest to diary like film entries, the work of Kika Thorne maintains a style of casual documentation. With the merging of public and private spheres, Thorne plays between the extremes of dominace and submission: 'repellence and acceptance'. Her early work centering on power and gender roles has evolved toward an exploration of "state power, race, and the bisexual kingdom". She draws attention to the presence of the filmmaker through the act of framing. These duel representation of scenes draw our attention to its context and stresses the content in what is represented.
ITEM 2000.128 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The Discovery of Canada (1990) 4min – Kika Thorne
Fashion (1992) 3min – Kika Thorne
Division (1991) 3min – Kika Thorne
You=Architectural (1991) 11min – Kika Thorne
Whatever (1994) 21 min – Kika Thorne
Suspicious (1995) 6min [collaboration with Kelley O'Brien] – Kika Thorne
October 25 + 26th (1997) 8min – Kika Thorne
Mattress City (1998) 8min – Kika Thorne
Kathy Acker In School (1997) 8min – Kika Thorne
Intraduction (1997) 3min – Kika Thorne
WORK (1999) 11min – Kika Thorne