SIGNE PIERCE
Signe Pierce was born in Arizona in 1988 and currently lives and works between Los Angeles and New York.
Unfurling over a harrowing fifteen minutes, American Reflexxx (2015) is an eviscerating performance work and social experiment by the self-termed ‘reality artist’ Signe Pierce, made in collaboration with director Alli Coates. The video employs experimental filmic techniques and durational performance tactics that push the baked-in culture of American violence to its logical extreme. Pierce appears in the work as a transhumanist cyborg: blue bodycon dress, slime green heels, reflective mirrored mask. As the South Carolina crowd grows more unruly and enraged by Pierce’s facial opacity, the film doubles-down on the social tensions, gender phobias and mob mentality of American culture.
ALLI COATES & SIGNE PIERCE
American Reflexxx
2013
.MOV, 2GB (colour, sound)
14 min 03 sec
Horizontal aspect ratio 16:9
Edition of 3 + 2 AP
(SPie035.13)