Kayla Anderson
Pilea Pepermioides (Precarity Fetishes and Aspirational Beings)
Video, color, stereo
10 minutes 36 seconds
2018
A video about a house plant, the police-state, and a protagonist whose desire to build a contained world for herself must inevitably be shattered. An experiment in world-building, each scene uses a different image-making tool: line animation, video, 3D modeling, and video game construction. The narrative employs different vantage points for talking about the world through a single plant, known for its ability to be propagated and shared. Voice: Sara Sukhun.
Kayla Anderson participates in the art world as an artist, a critical writer, a sometimes-curator, a precarious administrator, and a roaming educator. Their work often investigates the ways that culture and subjectivity shape, and are shaped by, technology. Growing up in San Antonio, Texas, where capitalism and disenfranchisement are more relentless than the sun, they value art as an arena for non-strategic modes of thinking, feeling, and communing with others. For more infomation and work, please visit kayla-anderson.com. Also recommended: Stay With The Body.
This work is shared by Roman Susan as a part of Evergreen at 4750 N Sheridan Road, Chicago IL.