Video

Slapstick

Nelson Henricks

2026, 11:15 minutes, colour, English

TAPECODE 422.24

Inspired by slapstick comedy, I explore the thin line between humour and violence. Quoting the films of Charlie Chaplin, Fassbinder, and Derek Jarman, the video features two dancers reinterpreting a series of short scenes. The work questions traditional masculinity and the power structures that exclude or harm marginalized people.

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Critical Writing

Pun to Paradox: Bas Jan Ader Revisted
by Rachel Kent. Parkett, 2005, no. 75.