There Is No Conflict explores identity and violence through double self-portraiture in a series of related videos and drawings. In my studio, I choreograph and perform fights for the camera dressed as the fictional adversaries Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. I use video compositing and drawing to combine the two costumed versions of myself to play both characters simultaneously.
Video documentation of installation at Ridgewater College Gallery, Willmar, MN, January 14 - February 15, 2019. Curated by Andrew Nordin.
Below are individual video works from the series.
You Will Become an Agent of Evil (Take 2)
2018
HD video, single channel, color, no audio
04:16 minutes, looped
Note: This work has sometimes been displayed in black and white when shown with the related series of black and white drawings.
So You Have Accepted the Truth
2018
HD video, 3-channel, black and white, no audio, 6-minute loops.
TVs, media players, USB drives, MP4 files, power strip, extension cord.
25 x 59 x 35 inches
There Is No Conflict (Take 2)
2018
HD video, single channel, color with audio
06:00 minutes, looped
Note: This work has sometimes been displayed in black and white when shown with the related series of black and white drawings.
Together We Can Rule the Galaxy (Take 2)
2018
SD video, single channel, color, no audio.
06:01 minutes, looped