Kavi Gupta Gallery

Tony Tasset's film 'Judy', 1998, shows a woman looking at the camera, which is supposedly being operated by Tasset, her husband. We witness, and relate to, her air of suspicion and self-consciousness, but what is most palpable is the strong psychological bond between her and the cameraman. Like voyeurs, we study the few seconds of footage as they loop over and over again. The piece is presented in a dark room by a cold and impersonal monster--the film projector--which loudly screeches and creaks along, scratching and gradually destroying the film. even with this machine standing in place of her husband, we still detect love on the woman's face.