Video of Installation view, 2017
Expectations is a four channel video installation playing simultaneously in a loop. The videos present four "screen tests" or fake auditions made by the artist to his family. In the installation, each family member (non-actors) has an individual projection/screen. Each person was asked to say in front of the camera, one sentence ten times - “This is not what I signed up for!”, every time under different basic acting guidelines of expression and pronunciation.
The installation invites the viewer to become part of a family’s intimacy, which consist of the changing dynamics, gaps, emotional baggage and endless repetitive conflicts between the family’s members. Every person in the family requires recognition for his needs and desires. He or she are struggling for their place and status in the family structure. The chaotic family choir display a wide range of emotions and expressions, with only few words. At times, this choir is pointing an accusatory finger at the viewer and creating a claustrophobic sound experience in space.
Split screen version
Installation view, 2017