David Rosetzky - Nothing like this
Thursday, September 29, 2011 -
Sunday, November 13, 2011,
5:00 PM -
9:00 AM
Project Window - Lydiard Street
Admission: Free
Silky smooth and elegantly beautiful, David Rosetzky's work
Nothing like this is technically precise and draws
parallels with the idealized images of high-end screen based
advertising. As with screen advertising, Nothing like this
seeks to communicate messages disguised by visual beauty and
desirability. The video uses beauty to explore the complex
relationships between internal and external worlds, the authentic
and the fake - in essence, the human condition.
Nothing like this presents a collection of scenes in
which the viewer witnesses a group of 20-somethings on holiday.
Visually everything is calm, the group is at ease and the
characters and their environs exude a languor that is both
beautiful and intriguing. Aesthetically, the scene is glamorous,
but something is not quite right. There is a melancholic unease
that pervades the mood. The young people are not as composed as
they seem.
It soon becomes evident that the monologues do not correlate
directly with the images. The characters give candid accounts of
their internal musings, revealing the self doubt and social
anxieties behind the beautiful façades. Nothing like this
reflects on our struggle for authenticity and explores the tensions
between our inner and outer worlds.