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Claudia Hart

The Swing2006-2008

HD quicktime video with sound, computer, 3 screens, custom powder-coated steel frame, aluminummusic by Kurt Hentschlaegertriptych, each screen 26 in / 66 cm, custom frame 720 px x 1280 px, each panel 10 minutesEdition of 3

The Swing presents a plump nude avatar named Machina, inspired by Peter Paul Rubens' Baroque portraits, embodying Rococo decadence. In this multichannel animated installation, Machina swings from a seat suspended in the sky, set within a super Mannerist slow time. Her surroundings, in contrast, move with a stop-motion quality, making years pass in moments. Machina, as a chaotic Mother Nature, seems to head toward an impending oblivion, driven by cycles she can scarcely control.

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