sounding out space V: Fiona Larkin-
'Do You Love Me Now'- documentation of a cat in PS²
Opening, Thursday, 20 January 2011, 6-8pm
How does a cat occupy a space, more precise, the 23sqm of PS²?
With a fat grin or rather shyly?
For several days last year, Minka, the cat, lived in project space, watched by two remote cameras and observed by artist Fiona Larkin.
Part of ‘sounding out space’, Minka's project followed those of artists, musicians and a parapsychic medium in their research of the physical and psychological qualities and resonances of the small room.
What started as an observation into Minka’s use of the space quickly turned to a documentation of the reaction by passers-by.
For 'Do You Love Me Now’, Fiona Larkin edited the vast footage and produced two films, shown on small TV’s, accompanied by 58 digitally enhanced stills.
‘In editing the documentation of Minka my curious relationship with the passers by became increasingly of interest to me. Some responded to Minka’s occupying the space as they would to an animal in the zoo, wishing to pet, coax and observe her. Others, who saw her in passing, stopped to do a double take and a few responded with anger.
Each of these glances, whether fleeting or engaged, have been isolated and extracted from the footage and made still.
In doing this, I play with the function of the CCTV and divert our focus toward that of the candid camera.’ Fiona Larkin
The project continuous till 05 February 2011.
Opening hours: Wed- Fri 1-5pm.
For more information see: http://www.pssquared.org/FionaLarkin.php
Contact:pssquared@btconnect.com or 07733457772.
PS² is supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
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