Voyeur
HD video, analog photography series
A series of photos created by camera obscura hidden in wash bag in public bathrooms and showers at gyms and swimming pools.
The simple construction of the camera requires a long exposure time (few minutes) so it sharply capture only the stationary elements of images. The bodies as the moving elements are not captured. One and only body that appear on photos is me - intentionally stayed still - voyeur figure - artist in process.
Piece talk about the photo image that in the context of spying, peeping in places seemingly devoid of eroticism, is to satisfy the pornographic need of a voyeurist. The poetry of camera obscura image keeps that area understatement. What is captured is not equal to what is seen.
It is a documentation of performance (peeping) by the photographic tool that not complying documentary standards. Final result is presented on a video from photographic dark room that show prints appearing in the tray.
Video stills and photos
View of the exhibition Given: 1° The Shower / 2° The Sun (2018), Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin. Photo: Kamil Macioł