Petra Tuns - Visual Artist

p o s s e s s i v e This quarter, my work concerns the “possessive,” the state of desire for or demanding attention of a visual object or person. In support of this subject, I combine staged scenes of bondage with appropriated “stills” from television, including thrillers and horror movies. The “stills” enable me to deepen the psychological drama of my work: I sit in the dark of my room in front of the television and capture a scene whenever a person or an object I desire appears. It has become for me a ritualized act. This element of drama is enacted in my final installation of the photographs. The televisual or projected fantasy is always there for me to take possession of, to control and to own.

This quarter, my work concerns the “possessive,” the state of desire for or demanding attention of a visual object or person. In support of this subject, I combine staged scenes of bondage with appropriated “stills” from television, including thrillers and horror movies. The “stills” enable me to deepen the psychological drama of my work: I sit in the dark of my room in front of the television and capture a scene whenever a person or an object I desire appears. It has become for me a ritualized act. This element of drama is enacted in my final installation of the photographs. The televisual or projected fantasy is always there for me to take possession of, to control and to own.