Video / 4min56sec / object / 32X30X10cm / 2009
I made the Make-up glove from the working glove that I found on the building site and from the five lipsticks that I pulled through cutout tiptoes of the gloves. I changed the practical function of these objects by putting them in a symbiotic relation. My face is my work area on which I take action in front of the mirror, and this action is documented as a video.
I’m putting on the make-up glove on my hand, and turning of the lipsticks on the glove tiptoes.
I’m trying to put the lipstick on my lips.
The every day action becomes awkward and groteskque because of the working glove which violates the established rhythm of women’s attitude towards her face.
Turning of the lipsticks is accompanied by the sound of drilling machine while the sound of grinding machine is accompanying crossing of the lipstick over my lips, sounds of devices that are used in the everyday life on the building site.
Video / 4min56sek / objekat / 32x30x10cm / 2009
Izrađujem rukavicu za šminkanje od radničke rukavice pronađene na gradilištu te od pet karmina koje provlačim kroz prorezane vrhove prstiju rukavice. Mijenjam upotrebnu funkciju ovih predmeta postavljajući ih u simbiotički odnos. Moje lice je radna površina na kojoj djelujem ispred ogledala što dokumentujem kao video snimak.
Navlačim rukavicu na ruku i odvrćem karmine na vrhovima prstiju. Pokušavam da se nakarminim. Ova svakodnevna radnja postaje nespretna i groteskna zbog radničke rukavice koja narušava ustaljeni ritam ženskog odnosa prema licu. Odvrtanje karmina popraćeno je zvukom bušilice dok zvuk brusilice prati prelaženje karmina po usnama – zvukovi sprava koje se koriste u svakodnevnom radu na gradilištu.
Borjana Mrdja 