Ever shall we hold you
3-channel video
1.34min
Ever shall we hold you is a 3-channel video work. Each screen shows a different angle of the same action. The performed action is a woman widening her mouth with a vaginal speculum. As the mouth widens a bunch of shamrocks fall out to a soundtrack of the song ‘Ireland, Mother Ireland’ performed by John McCormack in 1930. These iconic symbols of Irishness aim to contradict the brutal scene of the speculum stretching the mouth. These contradictions of national pride and brutality are all too common in our society and the wider world where the body of the individual means less than “cultural” agenda.
3-channel video
1.34min
Ever shall we hold you is a 3-channel video work. Each screen shows a different angle of the same action. The performed action is a woman widening her mouth with a vaginal speculum. As the mouth widens a bunch of shamrocks fall out to a soundtrack of the song ‘Ireland, Mother Ireland’ performed by John McCormack in 1930. These iconic symbols of Irishness aim to contradict the brutal scene of the speculum stretching the mouth. These contradictions of national pride and brutality are all too common in our society and the wider world where the body of the individual means less than “cultural” agenda.
