Electronic Eve

Jun 6 — Jul 1, 1995
Field:

Exhibition

 Location:

Western Front

Description:

Electronic Eve was an interactive multimedia installation by Jenny Marketou that explored themes of female representation, beauty, allegory, and identity. Acrylic panels printed with black-and-white close-ups of female bodies were suspended from the ceiling with wire. Five video monitors were embedded within these photographic stills, forming a multichannel video installation. The videos displayed high-contrast close-ups of body parts—nude torsos, bare feet, lips reciting a monologue, and a mouth receiving dental work. At times, the images were overlaid with text posing personal and erotic questions.

Video documentation is available upon request.

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.

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