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“Door” Ene-Liis Semper “Door” shows the view through a door ajar, behind which something seems to be moving. Someone is walking to and for, waits, hesitates, but never steps through the door, even after it opens a bit more. Yet, there is nothing on this side of the door that would hinder the person from crossing the threshold. In “Door”, like in her other video performances, Ene-Liis Semper reenacts a psychological conflict. The performances evince her having studied theatre and stage design at the Estonia Academy of Arts, and change between strategies of the theatre and categories of the arts, in this case between the theatrical setting on the one hand and the reference to 1970s body and video art on the other hand. Through her own body, she visualizes anxieties or habits that result from social conceptions and are oftentimes associated with structural violence. For example, her performances deal with themes such as seduction, or a suicide that is not committed since the film ends beforehand and keeps repeating itself – akin to “Door”, where the act of passing through the door will never take place. Here, the conflict lies in the inner struggle with an imaginary or real barrier, and the impossibility to overstep it. Artist, born 1969, lives and works Tallin. |
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