November 2009
Second-Floor is pleased to present SWF Seeks Same, a group exhibition featuring Vanessa Albury, Cara Benedetto, Catherine Czacki, Jamie Diamond, Kathryn Garcia, Melissa Greenberg, Matt Greene, Nadja Verena Marcin, Natalie Rodgers, Geogia Sagri and Dena Yago. The exhibition will take place in two parts and features a number of new collaborative works that delve into obsession and the double.
The exhibition was originally inspired by the 1992 film “Single White Female”, starring Bridget Fonda as “Allie” and Jennifer Jason Leigh as her roommate “Hedy”. While living together Allie quickly becomes the object of Hedy’s obsession-not only does Hedy appropriate Allie’s clothes (initially at her suggestion), but she also assumes her name and identity. Their relationship falls apart, however, when Hedy's obsession quickly turns into psychotic behavior, pointing to the fragile relationship between the subject's identity and that which she desires. The artists in SWF Seeks Same not only consider the rupture between subject and object, but also the ways in which identity can be projected, consumed and replicated.
Vanessa Albury
Cara Benedetto
Catherine Czacki
Jamie Diamond
Kathryn Garcia
Melissa Greenberg
Matt Greene
Nadja Verena Marcin
Natalie Rodgers
Georgia Sagri
Dena Yago
Untitled from Natalie Rodgers on Vimeo.
The concept behind the movie Single White Female is one that is quite simple yet relevant. I wanted to create a narrative with a similar theme in which the subject on the right of the screen is obsessed with the subject on the left of the screen. What i was more interested in was creating a subtle dichotomy between the copy-cat and the subject. The copy-cat is copying someone who reveals themselves as having a mask underneath the mask thus revealing that their goal is both unattainable and delusional-like most identity driven goals. Also, i thought it more important to have a gender-less narrative.
OR if you just wanna karaoke this shit:
So Oh Oh So Ohhh
Will the real MC please step to the mic?
MC- You need an MC, place to be
MC the MC
All up in the blogs
Say we met at the bar
When I don’t even know who you are
Say we up in your house
Sayin’ I’m up in your car
But you in LA but I’m out at Jermaine’s
I’m up in the A- you’re so so lame
and no on here even mentions your name
It must be the weed, it must be the E
cuz you be poppin, hood, you get it poppin’
Ooh boy why you so obsessed with me?
Boy I want to know- lyin’ that you’re sexin me
when everybody knows it’s clear that you’re upset with me
Ohh finally found a girl that you couldn’t impress
Last man on the earth- still couldn’t get this
You’re delusional, you’re delusional
Boy you’re losing your mind
It’s confusin yo, you’re confused you know
Why you wasting your time?
Got you all fired up with your Napoleon complex
See right through you like you’re bathin’ in windex
Ooh Ohh Ohh boy why you so obsessed with me?
And all the ladies sing, all the girls sing
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh Obsessed
You on your job, you hittin’ hard
Ain’t gon feed you, gon’ let you starve
Graspin’ for air I’m ventilation
You out of breath, hope you ain’t waitin
Tellin’ the world how much you miss me
But we never were so why you trippin’
You a mom and pop, I’m a corporation
I’m the press conference, you a conversation
Ooh boy why you so obsessed with me?
Boy I want to know- lyin’ that you’re sexin me
when everybody knows it’s clear that you’re upset with me
Ohh finally found a girl that you couldn’t impress
Last man on the earth- still couldn’t get this
You’re delusional, you’re delusional
Boy you’re losing your mind
It’s confusin yo, you’re confused you know
Why you wasting your time?
Got you all fired up with your Napoleon complex
See right through you like you’re bathin’ in windex
Ooh Ohh Ohh boy why you so obsessed with me?
And all the ladies sing, all the girls sing
Soo Oohhhh Soo Oohh Obsessed
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