
FilmmakerWinnieCheungappearsasoneoftenfemalemulti-disciplinarycreativesinvitedtoparticipateintheLockerRoom’ssecondannualresidencyfoundedbyartistSamaraBlissinthishauntingmetafictionaldocu-horror.ThesceneisdeepwinterBrooklyn,amulti-levelhometypicaloftheburrow,withslightlydishevelledyetkaleidoscopicinteriorsthataddflavourtothecollectiveproductivity.<br/> Cheung’scameraincreasinglyprovokeshersubjectswhileplayingwithaudienceperception,interchangingbetweenasenseoffreedomsummonedthroughcreativeexpressionandcommunityjuxtaposedagainsttherisingtensionanticipatedinhybridwork-livingexperiences.Althoughtheartistsarefreetoleavethespace,thereisasenseofconfinementandself-restraintaseachartistispushedtotheirlimits,stifledbythepressurethatcomeswithcreation.<br/> InspiredbyDIYPunkcinema,ResidencyrecallsRichardLowenstein’sDogsinSpace(1986)orGasparNoé'sClimax(2018),wheretheabsenceofnaturallightilluminatesthefusionofcolours,shapes,movementsandsoundsgeneratedbytheomnipresentcreativeflow,inducingahallucinogenicandtransientexperiencewherepracticeandexhibitionareinconstantflux.
