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I search for the substance of desire, control, and attachment by imagining their physical references in psychic, virtual, and erotic worlds.
In my recent videos, Static and Sequester, I aim to personify what is intangible, to maintain it and hold onto it, with the camera as witness. I incorporate breath, bodily forces, and time limits to capture elusive essences. Revealing bodily struggles exposes intimate spaces of cycle and change. Dealing with frustration and hinging on insanity, my work finds essence in realms of parallels, possibility, and incompletion.

“Dealing with frustration and hinging on insanity, my work finds essence in realms of parallels, possibility, and incompletion.”

Elizabeth Stehling, Sequester, 2010. Video Still 1. Courtesy of the artist.

Elizabeth Stehling, Static, 2010. Video Still 1. Courtesy of the artist.

Personifying the Intangible

Elizabeth Stehling

I search for the substance of desire, control, and attachment by imagining their physical references in psychic, virtual, and erotic worlds.

In my recent videos, Static and Sequester, I aim to personify what is intangible, to maintain it and hold onto it, with the camera as witness. I incorporate breath, bodily forces, and time limits to capture elusive essences. Revealing bodily struggles exposes intimate spaces of cycle and change. Dealing with frustration and hinging on insanity, my work finds essence in realms of parallels, possibility, and incompletion.