Split Flip

Split Flip
A series of animated photographs, 2006

[...] the subject can never be anything other than divided, split, alienated from himself [...]. The split is irreducible, can never be healed; there’s no possibility of synthesis.
Evans, D (1996) Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian psychoanalysis. London: Routledge, p. 192

flip, v. 1 turn over or cause to turn over with a quick, smooth movement. 2 toss (something) into the air so that it turns over. 3 (flip through) flick through. 4 informal, suddenly become deranged or very angry.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Tenth edition, revised in 2002 and edited by Judy Pearsall

Wanting to try Lars Von Trier’s method of revitalising Jurgen Leth’s creativity, this works were constructed by engaging with the following 3 obstructions:
1. Use a technique never used before
2. Use old material
3. Complete the work in a single sitting

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