The video work Mr. Deer stages a confrontation between a jealous, agitated voice and its prey, a buck that the voice outwits through gentle manipulation alternated with rhythmic magic spells. By playing with seduction, submission, and superiority, the relationship between desire and the death drive is addressed. The camera follows the voyeur’s gaze and demand in a nearly pornographic fashion. The earth is meat and sex, and the buck is drawn down into the mud. Its stiff horns and muscular body burrow themselves deeper and deeper into the bottomless swamp.
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