Head On My Dear

Head On My Dear investigates how the use of archaic imagery and myth may activate our subconscious and thereby induce a more meditative state of mind. Head On My Dear allows for marble and myth to transcend time and thus offer space for retrospection.

Head On My Dear
Video installation HD video 16:9 [07:50 loop]

Credits
Medusa: Diana Ø. Tørsløv Møller
Set-design: Anne Mette Fisker Langkjer
Sound: Jeppe Brix

Head On My Dear is based on the ancient Greek myth of Medusa – a deadly wounded heroine and potential threat. She has the ability to turn spectators into stone with just a simple look.

In the work Medusa's severed head appears and disappears endlessly. As the image repeatedly comes and goes the work offer ways to question the value and meaning of our collective, Western understanding of this myth. It furthermore questions the image itself and how it is used thereby proposing an a reinterpretation of the power relation between the one looking and the one being looked at.

With Head On My Dear, Medusa's power is called into questions as she shifts from being the one looking at others and being looked at.

Head On My Dear has been presented at ARoS in the exhibition Mythologies – The Beginning and End of Civilizations in 2020. The exhibition featured 70 artworks that dealt with faith, hope, crises and revolution and about how the power of stories has created and changed societies throughout history - from the Greek myths to the present-day welfare state. Read more about the exhibition Mythologies – The Beginning and End of Civilizations which featured Head On My Dear at ARoS.

Head On My Dear has been exhibited at New Museum in New York in 2019 as part of their Screen Series alongside Whether We Are and MOL. The Screen Series was organized by Helga Christoffersen, Associate Curator, and presents new video works by emerging artists. Read more about Head On My Dear and the Screen Series at New Museum.