An Act of Dissolving
Moving image performance, 1 min 44 secs
Moving image performance, 1 min 44 secs
An Act of Dissolving is a silent, looped video performance that explores the liminal space between self and shadow, presence and absence. Through a minimalist visual language, the work presents a solitary figure engaged in a durational shadow play against a sunlit wall, where the body becomes both subject and surface, reflection and residue.
The performance unfolds through slowness and repetition, operating as a meditative gesture that resists narrative resolution. Fragmenting the body into trace, echo, and gesture, the piece considers how identity is constructed and deconstructed through acts of looking and being looked at. By playing in a continuous loop, the work emphasizes temporality and disappearance, becoming less a performance to be observed than a private ritual of vanishing.
Drawing from performance theory and phenomenological thought, the piece meditates on the fragility of the visible self — what Judith Butler might call the “performance of being” begins to unravel, revealing the limits of what can be held, seen, or remembered.