'Static', 2018 is a video piece exploring the facets of consumerism with the medium of the television. Using a broken tv aerial, I took to telemarketing channels and used the aerial distortions to manipulate the reproduction of the screen and the representational imagery. In a performative and playful manner, I control the effects through the motions of the aerial, commanding the space for my own interpretation on the medium of mass consumerism and tv culture.

Static

'The Language of Aerial Maneuvers', 2018 is a body of work, exploring the multilayered world of mass consumerism, employing a variety of digital (& analogue) techniques. Transforming my computer screen as a canvas to explore vintage advertisements; I explore the growth of capitalism in the 1980s whilst playing with the notion of performing for oneself. Using a multitude of mediums (VHS, digital images & video) to capture the semiotics of commodity within the realm of advertising, I bring about the creation of my 'language' with the motif of a TV aerial being a signifier of communication (or lack thereof).

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