AÏDA RUILOVA: GONER
LA CONSERVERA (MURCIA, SPAIN)
EXHIBITION DESIGN
Bringing Aida Ruilova's film Goner to life was a thrilling experience. Commonwealth Projects worked with Ruilova from start to finish in the production of Goner (2010). An intimate and full throttle engagement with the unknown. A young woman, clothed in only a long t-shirt and underwear, is covered in blood and alone in a bedroom. Laying face down when we first see her, with gashes at her ankles, the battle between her and the room in which she's contained plays in an endless loop. Punching, stabbing, screaming, staring; she fights the small world around her. Heightening the sense of unease and inescapable containment are the ambiguities as to whether she is really alone, who or what is assaulting her, or if the room is even hers. Camera perspectives shift from an all-seeing eye to a personal gaze that becomes our own. The perverse imagination runs wild.