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VIDEO STILL GALLERY:
INSTALLATION WORK
OBJECTS OF DESIRE:
| LAURA O’ CONNOR |
| ARTIST’S STATEMENT|
In my work I explore the boundaries between public and private. I am interested in the rituals and routines women undertake in order to be seen in certain ways. The idea of beauty and the methods of achieving this idea; what goes on behind closed doors; the secret things we do in order to enhance our image and make ourselves more desireable. My work draws from cinema, TV and advertising and how women are portrayed within these realms.
The work also deals with female sexuality and how the media sexualises women and uses them as objects to be looked at. I feel this endorsement by media to present women in such a way is affecting how society think about image and are influenced to conform to certain stereotypes. The aim with my work is to use this media style of presentation to show obscured images of women in the process of image alteration. In the past I have used hair and images of hair dying to show this. In my current practise I am focused on exploring all aspects of the ‘beauty process’. The use of mirroring and reflecting has always been a part of my video work, I feel the mirror is a very loaded object and represents the self/other theme in my work.
I am currently undertaking an Masters in Fine Art in the University of Ulster.
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