Mind Over Body

I have a hard time with video installations. They are often badly manufactured and stereotypical. This is defiantly not the case with Lars Siltberg’s art. I do feel that his videos are sometimes a bit shallow in their concepts, but the brilliant finish more than well makes up for that.

The picture featured in this post is a still from his Single Head. Through very believable special effects the artist has created the illusion of a detached head trying to move across the grovel using only it’s mouth. Even more gruesome is the Alien like effects of Bowel Fountain.

At times Siltberg gets lost in the virtuosity of his own craftsmanship, and the train of thought gets lost in the process, but it looks so damn cool that I’m willing to forgive him almost anything.