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Ron's
Story
Marina Gržinić
Slovenian
video works seen through international video productions and
vice versa
Zero Visibility (of the reverse order), catalogue of the exhibition
edited by Valentina Valentini
Maska, Ljubljana 2003 |
This video questions how much today the body in crisis, the
ill, marginalized body, provokes problems within the field
of representation and subvert genuine social engagement. Are
we ready to face death and real pain? Janša's video work
engulfs the TV screen with vivid in blood encoded action.
Performed by the cultish radical performer Ron Athey (being
publicly introduced as HIV positive) the scenery seems both
'fantastic or unreal' and trashily horrifying. The story transpires
e near future of the body that will be all focused in carnal
sensations, afforded by art, aesthetics and lust. The work
is a combination of obsession fantasies and a true love for
blood. The music by BAST is effective until the point of an
absolute vertiginous amplification of Athey performance.
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