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Work Type:video
Date of work:2004
Materials:medium: dvd, monitor

Style Period:contemporary art
Subject:tradition, ceremonial, performance, swans, Britain
Technique:video
Collection:New Contemporaries
Description:
The artist plays the part of a swan dressed in a white ballerina outfit, copying its movements while the music from “Swan Lake” is played on the soundtrack. She seeks to take part in a traditional swan count, including scenes where they are surrounded by the men in boats who grapple the swans from the water to tag them.
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