Cindie Gottlieb-Cheung : Whisper Residency

26 Apr-9 May 2010

Overview

Within her films, Cindie Gottlieb-Cheung scrutinizes the broader aesthetic relationship between object and gesture. Her work is drawn from her interest in the historical trajectories of the representation of women in lens-based media. This is presented through sculptural interventions within her films. By appropriating the choreographed forms of imagery that have been prevalent in cinema and popular culture. Cindie creates spaces or worlds which continually fluctuate with the familiar and unfamiliar, and likewise, the awkward and the attractive. The films attempt to expose their own constructed operations that identify and separate the work from the very imagery it mimics. During her residency, Cindie will focus on accumulating visual research through the use of video and photography. Her investigations will function as the protagonist in a larger video installation exploring clichéd female allusions in the moving image.