Hamish and Eeva II is a video performance, which is based on the Welsh painter Gwen John’s (1876-1939) letters and notebooks, as well as referencing the fact that John both worked as a model for other artists and used models in her own art practice. Texts written by John reminded me of issues of loneliness and longing, and led me to the consideration of how to express bodily these fragile themes. The nature of these texts, letters and notebooks, which were originally intended for private use, in addition to the fact of John’s romantic relationship with Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), whose model she was, informed and affected the dynamic that I was searching for between the dancer and myself.
Hamish and Eeva II also inquiries into how sculpture, painting and performance relate to the camera.