20
video by jennifer lindsay
CHARLES STREET VIDEO
aug 2024
TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL
apr 2016
manipulating data from my cranial ct scans, this video project is an embodiment of imaging and imagining. it is also a precursor to other experiments surrounding brain injury and anomia.
the title of this work, the number 20, represents calcium in the periodic table of elements and is the substance envisioned acting as a blockade between what i am thinking and my words. my anomia. thick calcium sits, hardening, in the shadowy nook carved out by the rogue stage prop that caused my concussion. as the tip of my head pinches, words are clouded, a high-pitched ringing can be heard, and the back of my neck pulsates, causing my brain to spasm. i can almost hear it thump.
tissue is displayed in yellow here. half of the colour calcium shares when it is on fire.
this video first appeared in a group exhibition about neurology at toronto general hospital in 2016, and was modified to appear at 26 OR LESS in august 2024.
direction and production
direction and production: jennifer lindsay
post-production: ian mationg and jaana bohr
sound and music credits
text-based voice: jennifer lindsay
sound 1: anxiety - madness paranoia by kevin macLeod is licensed under a creative commons attribution licence, source, artist
sound 2: departure - ghostpocalypse by kevin macLeod is licensed under a creative commons attribution licence, source, artist
special thanks to: ian mationg, jaana bohr, and suzy nevins.
design of jennifer lindsay’s ct scans by suzy nevins