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Khar Nan, Gabriel Htoo, Video
All images courtesy of the artist
Gabriel Htoo’s “Sheol (in Burmese- ခါနာမ်ပြည် [Khar Nan], a place of still darkness which lies after death” video work is a performative narration of haunted memory. The backdrop is a rice field that looks dreamy field of fire. The story began in that rice field and happened consequently in a small town of artist’s surrounding, that’s look like a scene in beyond reality. In the artist’s narration, the scenes of people and things under the pain of war and epidemics, helplessness and destroyed.
The video shows people dragging a body into the haunted field, that a family photo appeared in three ghost-like figures in that field. In the video collage technique, scenes goes with many apparitions of human and animals. As our world has full of hunting souls which we cannot be forgotten.
This work is a kind of mental cure, by a reveling the unexplained stresses which lies subconsciously in the artist mind. The title “Sheol,” is from the Hebrew bible, meaning a dark world that exists after death.
Gabriel Htoo
Growing up using a camera and roll of films, Gabriel Htoo, has been holding her skill in photography and documenting around the world of her. She is a visual creator with a strong base on human emotions and expressive story telling. She is a natural light photographer with a unique artistic style. She has been performing and making experimental films at the underground scene.
