A selection of frangranced supermodels race for cash in the name of their chosen charity on a 100-metre ‘Cinderella Dash’. The models, in keeping with the traditional tale, all wear glass slippers for the duration of the race. Sounds interesting? Well, the gory documentation of just such an event is displayed at Pi Ng’s new show in the Serpentine Gallery.
We are treated to a level of interactivity unusual for a contemporary photographer: along with glossy prints of a bloodstained beauty, viewers can look inside the lascerated supermodels with the aid of punningly-titled ‘Tapeworms’, extensive parasites that are equipped with tiny cameras to record the inner progress of physical trauma.
The treats don’t stop there, however: in collaboration with a fellow new media icon, Hippolyta Dustkeys, Pi Ng offers us a giant 3D video projection, which details in slow-motion the moment the winning supermodel crosses the barbed-wire finishing line. Whilst the sight of a ribcage slowly being torn apart replays over and over, we are serenaded by an innovative soundtrack (a digital collage by Hippolyta Dustkeys), which samples the agonized cries of the losing supermodels as they claw for second place.
The exhibit is being hailed by high-browed feminists as ‘a new paroxysm for the modern woman’ and ‘a perfect summer afternoon activity for families’. Check it out.
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