Exhibitions / Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture
02.09.2015 to 19.09.2015
In late 2014 I invented a Norwegian artist named Tor Rasmussen (also known as Kraken), who came to stay with me for a six week domestic residency. During this time he caused significant upheaval, which I’ve documented through photography, video, and textual correspondence. I play Kraken, Artstay residency program manager Julie Redfern, as well as a version of myself, simultaneously dissolving and expanding the self.
The works exhibited in Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture form part of my Master of Fine Arts study at the VCA, and includes the launch of the book KRAKEN:TEXT.
The video can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/138438976
Chris Bond, Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture (installation view 1) 2015
Chris Bond, Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture (installation view 1) 2015
Kraken: Text (installation view 2) 2015
ink on archival paper, bound
31 x 22 x 2cm, 66 pages