Spin

​2011, 2-channel synchronised HD video, stereo or silent, 3:32 loop 

Through the practice of nyotaimori, Spin imagines the surreal transposition of a fetishized woman into the fetishized role of exotic fish.

As her clients eat, the woman-platter absorbs the energy of the (dead) fish that adorn her limbs. She comes to life, jolting to consciousness on the edge of a cliff...

Spin is part of a suite of works plotting and re-staging the finite gestural vocabulary of hostesses across a range of genres, periods and cultures.

Screenings/Exhibitions
Under the Surface, ANOMALY, Tokyo 2025
​Volcana Brainstorm (hot lava version), Yokohama Triennale, Japan 2020
Volcana Brainstorm, Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama Japan 2019 
UnKnown Theater, Koenji, Tokyo, 2018
VAEFF (Video Art and Experimental Film Festival), Tribeca Film Center, New York 2017
Voyeurism, 107 Projects, Sydney 2016
Beyond Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, UNSW Galleries, Sydney 2015
Fleshed Out, Ariel Booksellers, Sydney 2011
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Credits
Light and camera: Paul J Warren, Matt Fatches, Elena Knox, Lindsay Webb 
Camera assist: Brydie Sheen 
Sound: Lindsay Webb 
Performance: Lian Loke 
Feasters: Matt Fatches, Pete Manwaring, Tia Mavanie, Jo-Ann Shaw, Rully Zakaria 
Makeup and hair: Glitta Supanova 
Stills: Matt Fatches

Links
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