Rewind is part of the REplay Series. In front of a large projection is a seat resembling a piano bench with the word ‘Replay” stitched into it. The image begins to move when someone sits down, frozen in time until activated by viewers - like a memory long forgotten until triggered by something in the present. An ultrasonic sensor registers viewer presence to activate the imagery and freeze the image when viewers leave the piano bench. Audio (on wired or wireless headphones) acts as a counterpoint to these film echoes of the past, twisting them and layering their meaning. Childhood rhymes are made queer. Personal and fictional stories are told in an attempt to reconcile present and past.
The REplay Series explores gender, sexuality, and memory through psychological loops shot on Super8 film and transferred to video, suggesting home movies or a flickery memory. Objects, rhymes, games, technologies, stories and even taunts from childhood reverberate both personally and culturally. Here, a woman tries to remember and forget by enacting and reframing old gestures. Video and sound loops on LCD screens are embedded into objects and projected, some repeating endlessly while others controlled by the presence of the viewer or the whims of the live stock market.