This hand-painted watercolour animation depicts my partner undressing and redressing in an infinite loop, existing in the liminal space between clothed and unclothed. It subverts the traditional gaze, typically applied to young women, by redirecting it onto two men in an equal domestic setting. Even within a queer context, can the male gaze be anything but objectifying? Or does the quiet familiarity of this exchange challenge that power dynamic to offer something more domestic? The cyclical motion, recalling Muybridge’s motion studies, reinforces the act as both intimate and mechanical, stripping it of voyeuristic intent. The piece carries a sense of mundanity. Its quiet repetition resists spectacle. Represented by .M Contemporary, Sydney Todd Fuller Arncliffe NSW Chambermaid 2025 digital video: watercolour animation on paper
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