"Originally made in response to a home video from the 90s and walking by an abandoned VHS on the side of the road left in the rain. I was overwhelmingly sad upon both watching the old home video and seeing the VHS all alone in the rain, thinking back to all the nostalgic currency the two things hold.
The work comes from a desire to be reconnected with a previous version of self; an obsolete self. The female body contextualises technology within the realms of objectified flesh and contextualises flesh within the realms of objectified technology. Both remain indifferent to the encroaching tide and miserable weather."
Sad @ the beach (2017)
Installation view of You’re Red When You Want Me, He Whero Ina Heahea Koe I Ahau (2017), Lara Lindsay-Parker, at Green Street Gallery (2017)
Other works by Lara Lindsay-Parker
Lara Lindsay-Parker
Email? I heard that's really neat (2017)
A slowed down, karaoke instrumental version of Aaliyah’s song One in a million plays in the background overlaid with the sound of a dripping tap.
Lara Lindsay-Parker
Emotional Labour (2017)
A holographic figure contemplates the role technology plays in regulating work that would be considered emotional labour if performed by humans.
