Tie That Bind Me To My Brothers (The)
Original Title
The Tie That Bind Me To My Brothers Are Not Wrapped Around My Heart, But Are Rather Fastened To My Heart- Director: Steven Paige
CGiii Comment
When the title is longer than your film - trouble hangs like a blanket of doom.
Not even a hint of talent to be seen.
Trailer...
The tie that bind me to my brothers are not wrapped around my wrists, but are rather fastened to my heart (excerpt) from Steven Paige on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
Paige explores the concept of fraternal relationships and resuscitated texts that incorporates performance, and video, the work title is derived from a commonly used quote by US college fraternity houses.Through a process of repetition and evolution, a piece of twenty five year old, illicit cultural artefact on the brink of historical and cultural obsolescence is reinterpreted and re-presented to produce a new work.
This continues the artists exploration of the intersection of biography and late twentieth century learnt culture from West Coast, USA. Here investigating the possibility of re-performance and re-articulation of a text through the use of video and a performance of a short section of script, appropriated from the opening scene from a 1980’s gay adult movie 'In Hot Pursuit'. Through this re-iterative process and by re-contextualising the purpose, place and form of the original, Paige unpicks the masculine, it's construction and how this becomes a motif or modus operandi in fraternal dealings, continuing an ongoing exploration of the intersections between biography and late twentieth century popular culture.