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Zepp (Crouch) 2017
HD video without sound
The figure is saturated, the garments cling to the body, limiting its movement. Wet hair falls, obscuring the face. The bodily movement traces a path up and down; the full extension constrained by the full extended height of the subject and the wet garments that stick them . The figure bends at the knee and at the same time their hands, manipulate and arrange fabric that bunches at the front and side of the coat pocket. As the figure rises up, they hitch up the trousers to move their body into a crouching position. The wet garments cling to the body and a ‘hitching’ action releases the fabric and frees the body’s movement. The sequence reveals the subtle complexities of what is normally considered a mundane movement. Anyone who has worn trousers would somatically understand - the need to hitch up a small amount of fabric onto your thighs and hips, so when sitting down or crouching the change to the body’s position can be accommodated. This simple and ordinary movement of hitching trousers up brings into view the way in which the body’s movements and the garments are coordinated and set in a relation of mutual affect.