Bonnie LANE
Present Memory 2012
4 channel video projection, foam board, bulsa wood, 6 HD videos on LED screens
I have been working primarily in video and video installation since 2009. My current practice involves video projection onto objects and unusual surfaces (such as water, fog, mirrors, furniture) in an attempt to make the inanimate come alive. Loops, repetition, circles and black voids reoccur as an expression of the relentlessness of adult life.
My creations become sculptural forms with projected videos that run on continual loop, there is no beginning, middle or end, rather what is created is an immersive environment to be stepped into.
Present Memory explores nothingness and boredom whilst creating a narrative that longs and searches for meaning between these mundane objects and ordinary moments.
My intimate video installations question our ordinary understandings of time and space, attempting to generate an emotional connection with the audience. I am interested in the audiences' relationship to my artworks and how they affect each individual emotionally.
My artworks contain an unrelenting searching and longing, played out amid ideas of existentialism, absurdity and aloneness. The works juxtapose melancholia, nostalgia, comedy, memory, fear, tragedy, and beauty.
My artworks are often all or partly autobiographical, an amalgamation of experiences and memories, dreams and nightmares, fears and fantasies.
My practice addresses anxiety, fear, loss, memory, and disappointment whilst searching for comfort, connection, and resolution.
