Maniac de Luxe

A dual screen video installation with thematic furnishing elements including low light household lamps, Maniac de Luxe interrogates the implications of private activities relocated into public space. Through a conceptual focus in the screen images on the interiors of large designer furnishing outlets and the cross cutting of footage on one screen between these public interiors and private dwellings which feature similar furnishings, the realm of private and public is increasing blurred and their boundaries rendered increasingly ambiguous. On a large rear projection screen, a group of characters sit and discuss private thoughts and issues in a designer furniture showroom, a further problematic to the division between private and public space. An ambient soundtrack along with two discrete soundscapes including dialogue from a group of characters and original music, will also inform the atmosphere of the installation, itself furnished as a room in a generic designer home.