Self Geste
Karen Zalamea
Self Geste
single-channel video | 06:05 | 4:3, b&w, stereo sound
Self Geste presents the artist performing a series of gesture s that references grooming one’s self—from straightening a collar to fixing one’s hair. The actions are continuously repeated in ordered and remixed progressions, like a codified vocabulary of body language whose signification is lost in the manic repetition. What remains is a ritualized emptying of meaning.
@ SAT september 23 : VERNISSAGE. 19h to 22h
september 24 & 25 : 11h to 17h
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Karen Zalamea works in and between photography, video, performance and sculpture. Her artistic practice enquires into the relationship between the body, gesture, labour, repetition and rhythm. In 2009, she completed a Master of Fine Art degree at Concordia University under the supervision of Manon De Pauw. She is the recipient of several awards, including the inaugural Sylvie and Simon Blais Foundation Award for Emerging Visual Artists. Her work has been exhibited and screened in Canada, the United States, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico. Karen Zalamea lives and works in Montréal.
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Stereo Efficiency Cheer from Karen Zalamea on Vimeo.