At the briefing we were shown some practitioners to look at Karen Brett is on of them.
‘Conversations with Myself’ revolves around the psychological tension that someone with obsessive compulsive (OCD) creates in and around the physical space around them. At first glance, it seems like a ‘fly on the wall’ documentary, it is very telling in the way the piece unfolds. However, the voice-over disrupts the realism of the work and pushes it into a more profound area of representation by portraying the subject in a more conscious and intriguing way. The poignancy of the work is the fusion between the tension of the inner voice and the rhythm of the physical movements of the subject whilst moving around within their ‘own’ reality. A reality that does not exist for the majority of those outside it, looking in.
(to view video go to http://www.karenbrett.com/conversations-with-myself-2008/)
With this video you the camera is still its focused on the hall leading to the bathroom. The lighting doesn't change ether, the only thing moving in the video is Karen herself. The audio for the video is Karen whispering to herself it gives you an insight to how she feels how trapped in the OCD she is it controls her which she cant help.
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