Paula Barrett- Irish Artist

HERE AND THERE 2006

This installation consists of twelve video loops, divided into two opposing rows with synchronized videos opposite each other. On one side, clips from the soap ‘Home and Away’ were shown, and on the other, footage shot in Ireland mirrored the composition and editing of these clips. The same blue-screen footage of a figure was inserted into the corresponding video loops.

This project developed as a response to the following questions: When our relation to the world is reduced to systems of imagery that are intellectualized and imaginary, does the real then serve any greater purpose than the reproduction? If our perception of the world is both hindered by and dependant on our preconception of it, is it possible to access a reality that is beyond representation?