6 min., 2005

In the video Key #02, I dressed as a male motivational speaker who delivers a lecture about "key number two" in how to "get positive". While listening to the character's advice about positive thinking, we are also confronted with five different women who emulate fashion models, posing for us in spite of their hideous deformities and oddities. Their eyes always return to the same point, searching for approval or directions, implying that there is another person in the room. It is unclear, however, whether these women are posing for a camera, for a lover, or just for themselves. We cannot know whether they are acting out a fantasy or truly writhing in ecstasy. It is also ambiguous whether the speaker is addressing the viewer, the women or another person. At the end of the video, it suddenly seems that he could be addressing himself in a mirror as he adjusts his tie and smoothes his hair.

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