Head (Kalleh)

The work is a seven-minute video called “Head,” in which we see the close-shot of a person with closed eyes. Fingers that emerge from the dark background seek to explore and awaken the sleeping eyes of the slumbering person, but to no avail. The person seems to resist the hands’ desperate attempts, as if she is unwilling to open her eyes. The challenge is relentless and its implications create a claustrophobic effect: the shut eyes, the sleeping person, and the inquisitive hands.