Video

Mirage

Paula Fairfield

1993, 19:00 minutes, colour

TAPECODE 195.04

Mirage (MIRror imAGE) searches for identity and self image in the disassembled and fragmented female body, the technologized self. The installation utilizes an exploded videodisk-based video wall and surround sound to explore the theme spatially. The video work explores the issue temporally, incorporating implicit narrative elements as a contextualizing device.

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Critical Writing

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