In the fast paced montages of Doing Lucy various visual techniques like claymation, low-res animation, altered found footage, regenerated MIDI notes of pop songs and on-cam performance are entangled to co-exist. The multichannel video installation is a dystopian take on evolution theory and told from the fictionalised perspective of early human ancestor Lucy.
Doing Lucy installed at Schimmel Projects, Dresden Art Centre
Doing Lucy installed at Schimmel Projects, Dresden Art Centre
Doing Lucy installed at Museum Of Contemporary Art Wroclaw Poland
Doing Lucy installed at Museum Of Contemporary Art Wroclaw Poland
Lucy is a paleontological specimen that received worldwide attention and obtained celebrity status in 70s popular science. To this day she’s globally displayed across natural history museums; her ancestral profile and physical appearance have been remixed, repurposed and rewritten in numerous variations.
“Lucy seemed to me a fitting conduit to voice how both fiction and fact are needed to speculate on the blurry lines between man and animal, and the impact of centuries of bias and power dynamic.”
The colour primary red is recurring in all episodes and mirrored in the installation created by artificial light and coloured window film. Being surrounded by the primary colour red intercepts mental and physical behaviour; it’s the colour we associate with desire and rage. In many scenes Lucy is confronted with a red substance and its ‘power’ over her which could be interpreted as her struggle with the sexist frameworks she finds herself in throughout the process of becoming human.
Doing Lucy, 2018
Multi channel video installation, total duration 20 min. looped
HD monitors and projectors, headphones and/or sound system, red filtered lights
Edition of 8, commissioned by Daata Editions London