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TimeOut New York - Jul 3-10, 2003 review by Christopher Bollen 
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Other projects offer more ambivalent takes on safety and society. Vibeke Jensen shows a series of close-up color photographs of different parts of a gun. These lush, febrile portraits transform the weapon into a potently sexual and unnervingly intimate totem. |
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In her work "Blind Spot", Norwegian artist Vibeke Jensen provides the viewer with a spy-compatible mirrored column from which the viewer can observe the gallery space without being discovered. Or so it seems. A camera installed inside the columns ceiling records each movement inside the hiding spot and simultaneously plays it on a monitor elsewhere in the gallery. In a simple, yet poignant fashion that is reminiscent of the Japanese sculptor Yayoi Kusama, Vibeke's focus is on the oxymoron of endless control chains: Who watches the one who is watching? |
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Vibeke Jensen's Blind Spot, a hidden surveillance booth in the mirrored column in the gallery. The first time I went through the show, I didn't notice it. The second time, there was a cable giving away the hiding place. For whatever reason, you are also being monitored as you monitor the gallery space, and it's in that duality of watching yourself being watched that gets at the insidiousness of the panopticon. Once you are aware of your visibility, you begin to make adjustments and police yourself. |
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