Blind Spot
Blind Spot is a two monitor installation work in which one monitor operates around a central theme whilst on the edge of our peripheral vision is the second monitor which shows the constant image of the aftermath of a violent event. The piece explores the contemporary subject of surveillance, all the symbols of power and control, authority and technology are in place yet gradually and overwhelmingly this situation is undermined, the stability of things gives way to a sense of anxiety and instability. The passivity of the rural landscape is replaced by the suggestion of a counter narrative., one in which the dominance of privileged authority is in the process of being dismantled. Interwoven throughout the piece is the constant shifting between the seriousness of a documentary style and the humorous banality in the image manipulation, this very deliberate structuring re-enforces the critical stance of Blind Spot.
Participants: Kamar Mir Alaami and Mohamed Sadegh Farhid
Exhibition History:
2007 - "Under a New Sky" Phase 1: Green Ray, Balsall Heath, Birmingham
2006 - under.ctrl”. Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
2006 - Conjunction 06. Seven – Seven Contemporary, London
2005 - ”In the Shadow of Fallen “Heroes”. Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
2005 - Video Lounge. South London Gallery, London
2004 - Solo Show, SPACE at The Triangle, London
