Becoming an Image
2019
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2019
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Becoming an Image is a 2019 photographic by Cassils, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Cassils made *Becoming an Image*, a 2019 photograph. The work started in 2012 as a live performance. In a dark room, Cassils beats a clay block the size of their body. Each hit lights up with a camera flash. The performance changes every time. New photos are made from each live act. A wallpaper now shows the audience watching. Look up Cassils next.
The work *Becoming an Image* (2019) by Cassils is a performance-based artwork captured through large-scale color photographs, created during a live event in a darkened space lit only by camera flashes. In the performance, Cassils strikes a clay block roughly the size of their body, and recent versions incorporate wallpaper displaying the audience’s reactions, reflecting collective engagement or discomfort. Some iterations of the photographs have been cast in bronze as sculptures titled *The Resilience of the 20%*, referencing a 20% global increase in murders of transgender people in 2012. The…
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Cassils makes photographs that push bodies and light into raw shapes. The 2019 photograph Becoming an Image is a single black-and-white print, lit from one side so the figure looks carved out of darkness. It belongs to…
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