Caruana, Natasha (2009) Married man. [Audio work, Exhibition/show, Photography]
Creators: | Caruana, Natasha |
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Description/Abstract: | Married Man is a series of fifty-four images and sound recordings. The works are displayed in a large grid pattern, with five larger stand-alone prints; the sound is installed on a site-specific basis. The series involved investigative journalistic research, and adopts a photojournalistic mode that is deliberately anti-aesthetic. Photographs were taken on a cheap disposable camera rather than professional equipment, so the images are intentionally grainy and loosely composed, but each was later carefully printed by hand. I aimed to develop new ways of working, in particular by crossing over documentary and performance, and making the performative act of the photographer central to the work. My project was to investigate on one level a typology of adulterers, while on another, to explore more broadly issues of trust, deception and betrayal. Use of surveillance-type techniques raised innovative questions around ethics, freedom and the position of women. Married Man extended my practice-based research concerned with infidelity in the contemporary western world and with the performance of masculine identity. It raises questions about the ethics and protocols of documentary practice: the use of surveillance-type techniques gives a new voice to the normally silenced ‘mistress’ stereotype. Married Man might be thought of as almost an antithesis of Cindy Sherman’s work: the desiring male subjects’ expectations and fantasies of womanhood are exposed, rather than the range of roles which women are asked to adopt. The series was intended to challenge and extend existing definitions of the documentary genre. It received funding from the Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art and has been exhibited internationally. Shows include: The Trace of an Act, Paraty Em Foco Photo festival, Brazil, 2011; Married Man and Other Stories: Solo Show, Photofusion, London, 2012; Narratives and Narrative Forms, Lianzhou Foto Festival, China, 2012; Get it Louder, The Orange Gallery, Beijing, China, 2012. |
Item Type: | Art/Design Item |
Date: | 2009 |
Measurements or Duration: | 54 16 x 20 inch colour photographs, 4 60 x 28 inch colour photographs, looped audio piece 5:24 mins. |
Funders: | Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art |
Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date Narratives and Narrative Forms, Lianzhou Foto Festival, China 23 November 2012 25 November 2012 Get it Louder, The Orange at Sanlitun Village Sanlitun Village, 19 Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 4 November 2012 20 November 2012 Married Man and other stories: Solo show held at Photofusion, 17A Electric Lane, London, SW9 8LA 3 February 2012 23 March 2012 The Trace of an Act, Paraty Em Foco Photo Festival, Brazil 2011 2011 Women in Photography UK, curated by Humble Arts Foundation, Taschen, 12 Duke of York Square, London, SW3 4LY 14 October 2010 20 November 2010 Invisible Adversaries, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Arts, City Library and Arts Centre, Fawcett Street, Sunderland, SR1 1RE 27 February 2009 25 April 2009 |
Additional Information: | Natasha Caruana's work has been reviewed in the following publications: |
Uncontrolled Keywords or tags : | betrayal, deception, identity, documentary photography, trust |
Schools: | School of Fine Art & Photography |
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Depositing User: |
Ms. Natasha Caruana
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Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2013 13:07 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2018 15:59 |
URI: | https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/1529 |
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