The Passage, 2004 Butler’s work often straddles between video and performance. In this piece, the artist is confronted by an anonymous stranger in the middle of the street. The slow motion video and high camera angle give the impression that we are perhaps reviewing security footage in the aftermath of some incident. But as the figures meet, their recorded encounter breaks from expectation and rather than violence, their brief meeting culminates in embrace before the figures continue on their separate ways.
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