Je Ne Sais Plus [What Is This Feeling] 2012 – present

9-projector 16mm performance, color, sound
An obstacle course between the heart and the doctor’s office leads to [DESTINY.] Playing her tower of projectors to the timing of a prerecorded soundtrack that pivots around international versions of “You Don’t Own Me,” Kristin Reeves meditates on the materiality of the body and the struggle to achieve personal sovereignty within its bounds. Built on 27, 10-second 16mm film loops constructed from optically printed found footage and direct laser-animation techniques.

“Je Ne Sais Plus” is Lesley Gore’s French version of “You Don’t Own Me.” The translation of je ne sais plus is I don’t know what I once knew, or I don’t know anymore. What is this feeling?

What Is Nothing (After What Is Nothing) 2017 – present

9X16mm performance, 10min, 2017
Using found educational films, direct laser animation, and nine-projectors, I attempt to realize the multifaceted materiality of nothingness through the eyes of those who may be the most vulnerable to the void.

Mechanoreceptors 1-3

Though not a performance, the 1st and 3rd film loops of this looping installation expanded into 9-projector film blow-ups in the performance work. I wanted to articulate what was within each of these loops with and did so with “Je Ne Sais Plus” and “What Is Nothing”.

2012, 3-projector 16mm film installation, looping, color, sound from running projectors
Identity transforms into material, as optical diagnostic machines become the body’s voice. Sections of each film frame have been operated on with a laser cutter. Film stills have been transplanted by hand and tape into another film’s body.