Carla J Easton

'The question is do I know who you are, do you know who I am, do we care about each other? Because if we do...together we can turn the world around.'
Harry Belafonte, The Muppet Show

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Working within the media of video and sculpture I aim to construct playful objects that sit in a state of constant flux, combining the serious and the silly, the new and the old, the digital with the analog.The juxtaposition of the austerity of minimalism with the performativity of theatre generates a scenario where the object is recognisably sculptural and monumental, and yet lacks something, lacks a performer, lacks a participant, lacks an actor.

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Utilising an aesthetic language of humour, pathos and childishness, I explore hierarchies, the archival nature of YouTube and Web 2.0, anthropomorphism as a means of participation, and puppets, aiming to dismantle and comprehend the problematic relationship between DIY - or craft - culture and art. In my video pieces, I use a combination of found footage, filmed performance and crudely constructed digital animation in order to examine the simple yet desperate need to belong.

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My latest body of work is a medley of videos thematically entwined embracing topics of a psychological and philosophical stock. Videos feature a puppet as the main protagonist in order to accentuate a de-personalisation of content from their human condition. Further than that, they foster a situation whereby the viewer is implored to deliberate what are often very cerebral issues from a juvenile perspective - thus catalysing a more flexible strand of cognisance often afforded only to children.

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play with me.