TWIN SISTERS 1998
Kenny Macleod (1967 – )
Details
- Dimension
- 4 minutes
- Media
- BETACAM SP VIDEO
- Accession number
- P7251
Summary
'Twin Sisters' was devised before 'Robbie Fraser', but made concurrently. In many ways it reflects the
lame desire on my part to confuse the issue. Not only is it unclear whether there are two characters or one which
is split down the middle, but they or slhe wear(s) contradictory indicators of sexuality, gender, race, nationality - all
those things which are meant to determine who we are, what our sensibilities are, and how we construct our own
history. But this character is incoherent in all sorts of ways: neither a whole nor merely fragments, neither a puppet
nor a human, neither serious nor absolutely frivolous. And it moves so fast you cannot pin it down!
Conceived and made very spontaneously, this is reflected in the music, the colour and the dancing, which
make reference to musical films, music-hall, and puppets such as a humpelmann whose limbs fly up when you pUll
a string between his legs. It may also fleetingly suggest more serious images of symmetrical ink-blots, and
dismembered bodies but these are marginal to the strength of the piece which, I feel, lies in its exuberance, fun and
energy.
Letter from the Artist 2001