‘Cut it out’

An exploration of a ‘way of being’ that is elusive yet has a tight grip

Presentation proposal for the artwork ‘Cut it Out’: flash cards held in a filing box with dividers alongside the book ‘Only Fiona’. Video piece on small screen possibly displayed above the former objects. All held in a Child’s Suitcase. The audience is invited to leaf through the filing box and book.

A childhood suitcase holds all the work

I chose filing cards as a reference to the analogue search systems historically used in libraries. The film, presented on a screen, signifies contemporary digital systems. The work Cut It Out situates itself between these two modes exploring the tension perhaps between the analogue and the digital - the old and the new, the young and the old.

Index card box
Dividers naming the chapters and number of ‘its’ within the chapter
Index cards from all the chapters

Original book

‘Holes in the plot’,excerpt from 8 minute video piece

Work in process:

I sit down with a child’s book that I found one day in a second hand shop, the title of which contains my namesake. I intentionally cut 'it' out from all the chapters. After each chapter I sit with the experience of it and see where it takes me.