Hajnal Németh

ARTWORK

video art

expression / identity

1999

The video is comprised of two parts. In the first part, through a circular hole the camera scans circles which have a metallic reflection and which are placed one above the other on a squared background. From bottom up, from right to left, and then in reverse order. A woman with heavy make-up also appears for a few moments. In the second part we see the figure not with make-up, but rather wearing an animal mask and apparently pregnant. The camera is now only recording her, and in contrast with the slow, lulling incidental music of the previous part, these images are accompanied by a fast, crackling rhythm. (Evelin Páll)