FALLING by Gabby Laurent

A collection of works by UK-based photographer Gabby Laurent. -A fall from grace, alluring asleep, falling pregnant, falling in line, falling apart - Expressions using the English verb "fall" refer to acts that are comedic and tragic, filled with a sense of loss and intentional giving up, which are repeated throughout our lives. The "fall" dance, played by the author, reflecting the personal circumstances of bereavement and the birth of life, is a space for introspection, in which he repeatedly surrenders himself to gravity and creates a visual space for pondering time, destiny and situations.

What does it mean to fall? The idiomatic expressions cited by the author suggest the kind of failure that is generally considered unfeminine or rude, as well as lack of self-control and restraint. The author uses the visual language of feminist and performative art to explore the abandonment of self-control and acceptance of destiny. However, if you read this work even more deeply, you will see the contradictory elements that exist there. If the fall is essentially a coincidence, then what its destructive and intentional performance captures is not a loss of control, but rather a moment of voluntary control over one's own actions.

It's so dangerous, the sequence in which the author, who is in his late pregnancy, runs off the starting block, is captivated. There are scenes that can be seen everywhere, such as socks slipping and falling down the stairs, or riding a bicycle with force. Other more trivial moments capture the author who is completely free-falling. The body, hanging in the air in the rough texture and blurring of the photograph, is released from the background. Various moments and gestures rewind, repeated or cancelled out in intermittent, disturbed sequences, surge in and elicit responses in everyday life. &mdash makes us think about the volatile series of emotions and psychological states and their relationship with ourselves, reminiscent of a series of photographs of Eadwear Muybridge. You can't help but breathe when you see a stranger falling down in the street, but every gesture elicits the same response. Not only is the artist acting out his mistakes comically, but at the end he stands up and dusts off and regains himself, his defiant attitude is revealed.