Neska

A collection of photos of rock and pop stars standing on the stage, making music and posing. These form the basis for various works by the Basque artist Jon Mikel Euba. At a variety of locations, he had people recreate these poses, on the stage and in front of the camera. They way in which they did this and the way it was filmed he left up to them. While action and surroundings are as neutral as possible, the viewer can’t help interpreting. In Neska, we see a girl in red and blue who is maneuvered into various poses like a puppet. Unintentionally, she is reminiscent of social realist sculpture.