This is documentation of my piece, Untitled (lizard eye). This was a video installation in an elevator consisting of a portable DVD player inside a metal box attached to the inside of the elevator just above the buttons. The DVD player showed a short video of a lizard's eye slowly opening and closing, its pupil dilating and contracting as it appeared to watch the elevator's passengers.
The disembodied eye references not only surveillance in a traditional sense, but also a kind of "scientific gaze" and the notion of watching as a means to create factual knowledge about the world around us.
Full Description
This is documentation of my piece, Untitled (lizard eye). This was a video installation in an elevator consisting of a portable DVD player inside a metal box attached to the inside of the elevator just above the buttons. The DVD player showed a short video of a lizard's eye slowly opening and closing, its pupil dilating and contracting as it appeared to watch the elevator's passengers.
The disembodied eye references not only surveillance in a traditional sense, but also a kind of "scientific gaze" and the notion of watching as a means to create factual knowledge about the world around us.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2009
- Submitted to ArtBase: Friday Feb 20th, 2009
- Original Url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXQZPwSS7g&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999
- Permalink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXQZPwSS7g&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999
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Work Credits:
- Katy Higgins, creator
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