Maria Katsarou

Central st Martins BA(Hons) Fine Art

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TITLE: ' Are you afraid of darkness? "

The video " Are you afraid of darkness? " has been filmed in Freud's museum in the study room, where collections of ancient Greek and Egyptian statues occupy a large part of the room. It explores the concept of the " self and the other " through the history of theunconscious. It questions systems of knowledge, thought and analysis that still influence the representations and the construction of the self. In the video, we see the public space (museum) of logic and consciousness andits transformation with the entrance of the dream. The realistic representation of the " constructed " reality is destroyed, the false concept of harmony is ruined as the narration of the dream starts. The space of the museum becomes part of the " dream " as well. The absolute truth of Reason becomes unreadable as
the narrative breaks down and unwatchable as the images are distoted. On another level, the work make references to the mythology of the experience of another culture that becomes a collectable item of romance that excludes the social, the economic and so on.

 

Maria Katsarou

Central st Martins BA(Hons) Fine Art

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