Nina
Projects
Death Can Dance
(C-Type Photographs)
This project is based on a performance which took place in a converted mortuary. I asked the girls
to individually lay inside the morgue's fridge, where they remained locked in total darkness for 10
minutes. While being in the fridge they had to take as many self portraits as desired, with a camera
previously installed inside. I didn't set specific rules regarding when they should take a picture of
themselves or how they were supposed to behave. I was interested in the girls' individual response
to the space highly associated with death. This project has functioned as an attempt to demystify
my fear of death, and allowed an investigation around the ability of people to relate to each other's
experiences in search of personal validations. I was also interested in exploring the capability of the
camera to convey this particular experience and its relationship to the subject matter.
Implosion
(C-Type Photographs)
These images are the outcome of seven months struggle with my final year project, and they
function as a reflection on the tension between the artistic process and the artist himself. They
express my personal frustration and desperation with regards to the pressure of being productive
and creative.
I wanted to examine the interface between performance and photography; how performance and its
documentation can convey psychological depth and its physical duration.
The process taught me to look at my own failure from the distance and use it as fuel for creativity
and imagination. It made me realize, as someone thoughtfully stated, that creativity is allowing
oneself to make mistakes and art is knowing which ones to keep.
Exhibitions
- Somnambulant Eve
6 December - 21 December 2012
Wrong Door Project, Broadway Market, London - After we arrive, before we leave...
25 May - 21 July 2011
Clore Learning Centre Launch, McAulay Gallery, Tate Modern, London - Inside Out
2 - 9 June 2011
BA Photography Degree Show, LCC, University of the Arts London