KIM DOTTY HACHMANN
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  me, my family and I, 2007, standbilder aus der 3-kanalprojektion, 4:20 min. /
me, my family and I, 2007, stills from the 3-channelprojection, 4:20 min.

 
  me, my family and I

me, my family and I

me, my family and I

me, my family and I

me, my family and I
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"Me, my family and I" is a three channel video projection in which
I describe the development of myself in the family I was born into
to my the family I founded. I experienced my pregnancy as a very
intensive time during which I both felt incredibly strong and weak.
With the child growing in my womb I felt my motherly strength in-
creasing synchronically. The setting of "Me, my family and I" are
clouds, representing my sensation of, just like the unborn baby,
existing in a bubble outside the ordinary. The protagonists are my
Super-Ego represented by a wise mother figure and myself. Both
characters are played by myself. The theme of the double persona
enables me to express an inward dialogue. The final scene shows
myself and my family - the father of my child and my son. It resem-
bles a 15th or 16th century painting, yet changes the rules. The
naked man holds the unclothed child, while I myself as the protecting
mother watch over them wrapped in a blue robe. This pose is held
for approximately one minute and radiates the quality of a photograph.

"Me, my family and I" shows in a quite extraordinary but accurate way
the mood swings between "I can do it with my eyes closed" to "Am I
ever gonna make it" between which I was moving during the 9 months
of my pregnancy.