In her Semester summary and Artist’s statement, she stated that
her work this semester has been primarily about experimenting with and
developing the layering of sound and image in her video work in order to
explore the subversive and the occult. She has also experimented in displaying
her work in unconventional ways and has systematically looked at issues related
to Sound, Image, content and display with her mentor, mostly working on videos
to be displayed on a small scale, inside labyrinthine boxes on reflective
objects.
In her transcripts of meetings with her mentor Janet Cardiff, she
discussed how different sounds combine together in a work, as well as how to
achieve more intimacy in the work by experimenting with her recording devices
(cameras) through for example, articulating light and shadow, focus and out of
focus, to keep the photographed objects in mystery. She also discussed how to
push the erotic qualities of the works and suggested to Assya that she read
Angela Carter...
All in all, I think Assya is a dedicated artist and a serious
student, who has been researching, reading, thinking, and making art with a
sense of the importance of feminist issues, focusing on seclusion and
self-seclusion that pertain to the cultural contexts within which she lives and
balances contemporary theory, artistic practice and hidden, veiled politics.
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