White Balance Error and Subject with Straight Long Hair, 2017
Digital HD file, 16:9, 7 minutes and 48 seconds, b&w, sound
Using a camera with its white balance left uncalibrated, I focus on a woman’s face in extreme close-up as she performs a sequence of gestures. She enacts a familiar beauty ritual, then undoes everything she has just done, as if negating the conventions placed on her beyond the camera.
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