Isabella Rowe, Performance, Artist Statement

My videos are small windows into my private life. They are examples of what I may do when I know people aren’t watching me. I wanted to capture these usually censored moments in video. Some of what I do is strange and some of what I do is carefree and comical. I find that the things that I do when people are not around are the most spontaneous, and I wonder sometimes why it is that I do those things at all. On the other hand, the videos I made are simply experimental, artistic representations of what I think and feel, while reflective of my daily life. Examples of these things are making my feet and hands move in silly ways, playing with the objects on my desk, arranging and rearranging them, and staring out the window and then finding my reflection.  When I was filming I was aware that these moments would be somewhat staged, but I found that it still felt pretty natural doing them.