Throwing like a girl (1980 till tomorrow)
Multi-channel video and sound installation, HD video 17/9
Installation view
The Cave, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University
Throwing Like a Girl (1980 till tomorrow) is a multi-screen video and sound installation named after Iris Marion Young’s 1980s feminist essay. It draws inspiration from various art and science projects involving throwing activities. The work features two women continuously throwing and catching a softball over an extended period. It explores how the brain and body work together to guide interaction within the environment and how the gloves become part of their body schema. As the game progresses, their movements start to synchronise until they appear to move as a single organism. The installation includes a video and sound loop of synthetic motion traces and brain activity. The soundtracks emphasise the sense of embodiment, immersing viewers in their rhythm and flow. This is achieved through the impact sound of the leather ball hitting the glove, as well as an accelerating sound indicating anticipation of this event, along with background tracks that include loops of the performers’ voices.
Produced at Brainworks, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University
Adviser Roeland Hancock
Performers: Vanessa Vidas and Deborah Day