[A video of perpendicularly crossed black and white text is projected on a large wall. The white frame is filled with a slight gradient and translucent glimpses of prismatic color. The text is largely indiscernible; some single letters are legible in part while others are wholly blurred or merged. Light from the projected video reflects in the wooden floor below.]
Constantina Zavitsanos
Girl, there's a better life, 2017
HD video, stereo sound;
2 min 21 sec
Girl, There's a better life, 2017 is comprised of two letters crossed perpendicularly (one personal, one professional) and two crossed songs (The Animals, “We Gotta Get Outta This Place,” 1965 and The Commodores, “Nightshift,” 1985). The frame rotates intermittently as black and white text renders at varied speeds within the frame amid glitches and lensing that produce some flushes of prismatic color.
Installation View: Tourism, Stadtgalerie Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 2021
Photo: CE