EC, Contact: Conceptualized as a model for an eye contact training video, EC draws off the strange and unknowable logic of established social conventions and the manifest difficulties (maybe even impossibilities) of teaching social skills. Much as repeating the same word over and over leaches it of meaning, focusing on out-of-context eye contact turns an extremely normal action into something bizarre. Contact expands upon this idea, placing the sculptural props of EC alongside objects and imagery drawn from studies of autism, language and anxiety. By contrasting (ostensibly objective) scientific studies with digressive, emotive writing and handmade forms, these works try and negotiate the difficult relationships between clinical practice and lived realities.
Airing daily Feb 1 – Mar 31, as part of Direct Object/Direct Action Shorts 1:
Contact A
Airing daily Feb 1 – Mar 31, as part of Direct Object/Direct Action Shorts 3:
EC ONE
EC TWO
Airing daily Feb 1 – Mar 31, as part of Direct Object/Direct Action Shorts 4:
EC THREE
EC FOUR