THE MODERN HORROR PROJECT
28:45 min, Single-channel digital video, 2022
Juxtaposing personal loss with historical and political recalcitrance, The Modern Horror Project delves into the limit (or possibility) of emancipation. The project culminates in a stand-up lecture performed in drag as my mother, documented with a Hi8 camcorder. I examined the work of Sylvia Wynter and Jean-François Lyotard, who both reinterpreted the radical liberation movements of the 1960s in distinct ways. Alongside my multimedia installation Look Upon Your Work Mother, this project investigates how language and representation shape our reality and poses a critical question about the constraints of modern life: Is freedom achievable only through death?
