Natural

https://vimeo.com/63733587

This is the completely natural version of the clip.

(Sadly do not have any stills of this film)

The description on Vimeo.

This is my more natural version of 'Take My Body' - In this one you can very clearly see certain imperfections. The paint is like i'm trying to cover all this and create something else.

I didn't use music in this and only a light bit of editing as i'm aware my clips are beginning to be focused more on film then a performance piece and i don't want that.

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Stills from the edited film.
https://vimeo.com/63647593
This is the finished film.

The description on Vimeo.

I am looking into Performance Art. Particularly the application of paint on the body. This film is shot & edited with the application of paint being the main focus - not necessarily my body. I was inspired by artists such as Cindy Sherman for her self centered pieces and the most influential action artists during the Viennese Actionism movement - Such as Günter Brus, Otto Mühl, Hermann Nitsch and Rudolf Schwarzkogle. I saw a Otto Muel & Günter Brus piece featured at the "A Bigger Splash" exhibition titled: Total action. Ornament is a crime / Material Action NO 26. Which truly inspired me for this film. The raw energy and motion behind the film stills was something that I wanted to portray, Using just two basic materials: Paint and the body as canvas.

I decided to work music into this piece, because I felt that when silent, it lacked something. Originally I was going to work with purely instrumental. However I believe that this song - Take My Body by Kodaline fits perfectly. There is certain moments during the film [for example when I add the dark green to my face and the lyrics "you took my soul and wiped it clean"] blends really well.

Stills from a more naturally edited film.

https://vimeo.com/64392731

This is the reversed film.

On this one you can see how I reversed it to look like I was wiping the paint off rather then applying it. I wanted to play around a little with the editing and i'm pretty happy with the result. Its interesting, appealing and quite intriguing to see.