Artwork Collection

Orfeu Negro/Black Orpheus

In exploring cinema's tactility, two figures from Greek mythology merge into one. In creating "incomplete complete" works, each partially made human figure (Eurydice and Orpheus) mirrors an assemblage of their own identity and reflects fragments of being complete for each other.

cinema collage video art Greek mythology Eurydice Orpheus Orfeu Negro/Black Orpheus (1959)

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black orpheus (ii.)
black orpheus (ii.)

Integrated Media

black orpheus (ii.)

Influenced by Marcel Camus 1959 film “Orfeu Negro” (also known as “Black Orpheus”), “black orpheus (ii.)” centres its narrative around the rhythm of sound and dance within the film using obstructive and “incomplete” materials and methods of... More

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xxxii.

Mixed Media

xxxii.

Ripped pictures of ceramics from a vintage Art Nouveau style catalogue merge together with a human figure to form “xxxii.” also known as Eurydice.

Work by

Ghislan Sutherland-Timm

Multidisciplinary Moving Image Artist

“In creating "incomplete complete" works I define great happenings to occur in-between the frames of a moving image where the absence of sound and image is everything. Negative space is everything....” [More]