Accelerated Intimacy considers questions of site, memory and staging in relation to time. It comprises of multiple video channels interspersed and juxtaposed alongside found objects.

A parallel to her previous methods of compositing and reconstructing documented images; Choo re-presents fragments through time, in the format of an interactive and immersive installation. Through appropriating film scripts, the artist decontextualized conversational lines and significant quotes; in turn, reconstructing a potential narrative surrounding each character. All 5 subjects, shot in various hotel rooms, are given the liberty to interpret parts of film scripts and re-enact specific roles within a set. The films begin with an obscured view of her characters and ends with them turning back, looking towards viewers upon hearing the doorbell.

The dual presentation of images and objects creates a complex staging of ‘lived’ experiences that exist concurrently across time and space. Rather than offering any kind of resolution to histories of the characters and site, Accelerated Intimacy is a culmination of carefully constructed coincidences that are unfinished and ongoing; revealing and establishing complex relations with each reading.

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