Personal Cuts
( Osobni rezovi )
Sanja Iveković
1982 - Yougoslavie - Couleur - 4'
Sanja Iveković
1982 - Yougoslavie - Couleur - 4'
Exploring the relationship between the individual, society and the television medium, the author uses this video to create a performance in close-up: she cuts holes in the black stocking covering her face with big scissors, “filling” each new hole with a new excerpt from the TV show The History of Yugoslavia. The act of baring her face and “freeing” her personal identity is also an anxious testimony of how we are defined by the social stereotypes communicated through the television image.