Ann Hamilton

Ann Hamilton’s (dissections…they said it was an experiment • video) is one of a series of four videos that show isolated parts of the body trying to carry out the tasks of swallowing, hearing, speaking, or eating. In all four pieces the intrusion of a natural substance alters the body’s ability to function in a normal capacity – in this case water inundates the mouth. The profusion water in this piece intensifies Hamilton’s exploration of the body’s thresholds in the four-part series.