Hard not to stare at the party last night as she tumbled about in her box…
I took a short HD video that describes it a bit.
15 responses to “Boxed Wife”
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Very strange indeed. Might make it difficult to concentrate on my hand of poker!
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This reminds me of the Oscar fish my son bought years ago. It was only about an inch long, so we put it into a hexagonal aquarium that was about 24" tall and about 12"wide. Before we realized it, it had grown to about 8+ inches long. He could only rise and fall in the tank, no room to go backwards or forwards. That sucker lasted for at least three years. Oscar fish are not very tasty. (Just kidding). It seemed content enough, but we decided to get him a new tank, and the changed environment killed it in one day. Moral of the story – if the fish ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/47406192@N08] use a Cymascope…
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/31555954@N00] if the fish ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Cats and dogs have been saying that for years, but nobody is listening and they get fixed with wild abandon…
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/21511347@N00] I have always struggled with the point of art… This one seemed like a very creative use of media, coordinated in time and space… visually captivating…. and with a geek angle too. Here are some thoughts from the artist
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Interesting excerpts from Marck’s video sculpture page. {Steve’s post and video link above)
http://www.marck.tv/biography.htm
Marck`s video sculptures demonstrate how a man sees and reflects on the female world and the patterns of the relationships between men and women. The man locks women up in a chest or lies them in baths in which the women make themselves at home in the hope that the casing or the sphere of life around them will at some point dissolve without their own actions.The video sculpture by Marck is called "Turkish Bath". The bathtub as a sphere of life in which it is warm and comfortable, and which offers a clearly bordered and defined freedom of movement. Four moves and even a somersault are possible, but that already reaches the limits of liberty.The woman in the Turkish bath will never stand and leave her sphere of life (the bath tub).
The screen will work for about 15 years after purchase before it will have to undergo a partial repair. Therefore it depends on the buyer whether they let the woman float for a further 15 years in the bath….
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The exhibit is definitely esthetically pleasing and thought provoking… although…. Eppie, would be completely unethical for this artist to create this sort of art with his own wife for men club’s – most people would be shocked…
the idea is a bit shocking as it is… and adding an insult to the injury would not help;) do agree, so non-western world would look at it like a sign of complete decay of our civilization… hope we can change and evolve here… each culture does not see its own faults and evils, we always see them better in other people or cultures… it is our human nature… and as a mother and a woman… Western entertainment (TV especially) is full of plain evil… not only it is plain stupid, it is also vulgar and tasteless (there are exceptions)… flickr is actually an oasis of creativity and a way to escape from all this… with great thanks to people like Steve… -
I am with you on this one, Eppie – i did not mean to direct it towards you personally… just towards this thought process when women (or any human) are treated as things… objects… it is not towards you:):) sorry if i am not very articulate right now… i agree with you absolutely on the whole transformation process… just was playing devil’s advocate here…:):) please accept my apologies… again, i am with you on this one… just put some sharp tool towards the decease… looks like some surgery will be needed… talking about our society again, not any individual in particular….
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Umm, it doesnt quite give her freedom. I would say she is restricted, yet making the most of the space given… boxed in, Boxed in by male values and perceptions maybe? I would not call that freedom. Swimming with wild dolphins is freedom.
Boxed in, in an unnatural environment. She can see out too though, so it is not just male objectification. Maybe it is also how women have chosen to view themselves?
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Amazing video. I appreciate Eppie’s comments. MARCK presents a provocative, smart, and thoughtful vision of women’s (and human) condition. MARCK’s works usually show us women in apparent comfortable behavior under hopelessness extreme situations. His work reminds me the phase the medium is the message. His video installations refer us to void and selfish microworlds embedded in (pretended) neutral hi-tech frames. A perfect visual parable of developed world.
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