Kylie Johnson
Research Statement

My concerns lie within the exploration of the process of seduction through social interactions and intimacies within spaces where aspects of public and private disclosure occur, often simultaneously. The spaces which I refer to are those of clubs, pubs and bars. The 'stuff' of these spaces - conversations, music worn seats, alcohol; specifics woven with that which is tangible - stale 'overused' air, a sideways glance, a prolonged pause in coversation, is my vocabulary. I seek to utilise this vocabulary to give a sense of the familiar ambience created within these spaces, while questioning the authenticity of such moments in time. Underpinning this is an obsessive desire to extend moments of seduction beyond their 'lived' point in time and in doing so give what is fleeting the stability and longevity of form, all-be-it a mutated form.

Image selection:

Act/React, 2000, 20 Digital Prints 1680 x 1485 mm (left button), Colour Video with Sound 5 mintues (resting image and right button)

Kylie Johnson invited a stranger she met at a party to come to herstudio and flirt with her while she filmed the results.