1992
performance/video, silent original piece 10 min 33 sec
Undulating in alternating waves from the abject to the erotic, control to vulnerability, beauty to horror this has become Clark’s classic piece. With no sound, the audience’s fits of laughter, uncomfortable seat shifting and throat clearing make up the soundtrack.
“Tall and thin Clark easily embodies the current beauty ideal, which is part of what makes it so effective when she ruptures the continuity of the illusion which she has created…When she reveals her vulnerability and humanity, she indicts the viewer for objectifying her, but desire is a double-edged sword as she is complicit in this objectification.”
–Hyperallergic, 2011
