bits of self, at once, in fragments
Toward the Top: A video still close up shot of a woman of Japanese descent holding a mirror up toward the camera. Her hand is obscuring most of her face, leaving just her eyes visible in the top left corner of the frame. In the mirror a white woman’s face is reflected.
Skyward: A video still close up shot of a woman of Japanese descent holding a mirror up toward the camera. Her hand is obscuring her face. In the mirror a white woman is reflected from above as she grips her hands together over her head.
Akari Komura and Hannah Marcus
2021. Video. 7 minutes 14 seconds. Video described by the artists.
bits of self, at once, in fragments. 2021. Live performance & digital media work on Zoom between a bedroom in Ann Arbor, MI and a basement in Chicago, IL. Two human beings, three cameras, one handheld mirror.