Frith Street Gallery (2001)

18 January – 23 February 2001
Frith Street Gallery, London

Eyemaker is a video of one of the last glass-eye-makers. Mr.Haas was trained in Germany and spent most of his life making prosthetic eyes.  In Eyemaker he makes a replica of an eye and in the last seconds before completion he blows it up  - the bubble pops and disappears. Mr.Haas has the expertise to copy an existing eye perfectly, down to the finest detail. He said the main difference between a plastic eye and a glass eye is that tears run more beautifully over glass. 

Endarken: a small black spot appears in the middle of an image of a decaying Irish famine-cottage. The spot enlarges and eventually obliterates the entire screen.

Midges: a woman straddles a large branch of a tree like a sleeping animal. Midges fly in front of the camera. The camera circles and finally the woman rises, either embracing herself or relieving the discomfort before returning to her original state.

Still: a transparency printed on glass shows a woman standing in a derelict space. Her head shakes from side to side creating multiple exposures.