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Emily’s Video (2012)

Inspired by the reaction videos that began to proliferate on the internet in the mid-2000s, Emily’s Video is a 15-minute video that captures viewers’ reactions to seemingly horrifying footage found on the darknet. The individuals featured were all based in New York and had responded to our online call. Each was visited at their home by a girl named Emily (hence the title), who showed them the video and recorded their reactions with a webcam. We later destroyed the original video.

 

 

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Emily's Video

 

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Emily's Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screenshots from video.

 

 

 

Excerpts from Emily’s Video reactions were initially distributed via YouTube.

 

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Emily's Video

 

 

The video is displayed on a large vertical monitor, positioned in such a way that visitors can only see its back when they enter. The image occupies only a third of the screen, turning the remaining space into a black mirror. When viewers watch the video, they see their own reflection.

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Emily's Video

 

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Emily's Video

Installed at Fotomuseum Winterthur.

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others.

 

 

 

Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde.