4 min. 30, 2004

In Playing Dead, the character speaks about “fake suicide” as though it is a productive and fulfilling part of her life. Her dialogue has been modeled loosely around artist interviews, using self-assurance and confidence to talk about a ridiculous and disconcerting subject. The video is composed of two different scenes, the first being the interview where the subject is seated on a couch. She could be in her own home or possibly in a psychiatrist’s office. The second type of scene is a kind of view into the character’s mind or home life, showing her “in action”, lying in a bathtub with fake blood streaming from her wrists. Throughout the video she appears as satisfied and confident, and merely hints at a feelings of discontent with a nervous smile at the end of her speech.

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