Sitting on the edge

This work in progress aims to explore how the body can simultaneously experience multiple states of being. The performer Jingwei Bu’s figure is abstracted and split across two zones. Seated poolside, her feet move in the water, becoming disjointed from her body and performance above the surface. It would be easy to assume these effects were achieved in post, however, they are achieved through the skilled underwater cinematography of the project’s director of photography.

This work is part of a larger series of underwater projects the artist has in development.

‘Sitting on the edge’ has been supported by the City of Mount Gambier, through the Creative Arts Fund; and by the Centre for Projection Art, through their artist-in-residence program.