The Kiss
21 minute single channel video with nine photographic video stills, 1996
In a study of the 'romantic' pose, nine print advertisements for perfume are reenacted by a couple with the process of striking the pose being documented on video. Often humorous, each scene asks the participants to collaborate to re-stage poses that are sometimes awkward, cliché or nearly impossible to mimic. Upon the moment of each 'successful' performance, the original image is seen in superimposition.