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Kimberly Nolan

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Kimberly Nolan
BA (Hons) Fine Art

Kimberly Nolan

Unsuccessful Intervention: Communicating the Incommunicable

Unsuccessful Intervention: Communicating the Incommunicable is an immersive installation featuring videography with layered text projected upon organza fabric, accompanied by an audio track played alongside the video. 

The primary imagery centres around the action and documentation of hands, as well as a blend of spoken and written languages captured in the speaker's own handwriting. These videos and imagery are edited and layered together as part of the piece, making up the projection element of the installation. The delicate organza fabric which obscures and obfuscates the projected video creates a hazy, almost ethereal depiction of the subjects. The blurring of images forces the viewer to find the correct angle to see the projection clearly, which may vary from person to person due to their own physiology. This means that the video can only be viewed clearly if the audience can find the correct angle at which to view it, prompting them to search through the layer in a particular way, or in other words, to navigate the barriers placed in front of them in relation to the video. 

In this way, the piece explores and utilises physical and non-physical barriers through the use of layers of fabric that the video is projected on and the intention of directing the audience through these translucent barriers. This is done with the context of the themes in 'affect theory', not just through the arbitrary obstacles of hanging organza but with more concrete explorations through the use of multiple languages, referencing existing ideas within this theory.