Animaux
De Compagnie
202420”54’ video projection,
sound & colours
HD & Mini-DV recordings
The film Animaux De Compagnie (French for "pets") was made during my first year in Brussels, where I became obsessed with my current roommate, the cat Pablo.
New in a foreign city without close relationships, he became my greatest listener and muse.
In a diary-like format, I began documenting our life together, which culminated in the film Animaux De Compagnie. No matter how much time we spent together, our relationship was confined to the domestic sphere. We lived separate lives, unknown to each other, and our interactions mostly took place on the couch or in bed—where at least one of us was often asleep. This intimate yet isolated dynamic forms the foundation of the film, which is divided into five parts: kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, hallway, and living room.
These spaces serve as the backdrop for scenes where I, through anti-capitalist and feminist monologues directed at the cat, explore the desire to have a witness to one's own life.
I use Pablo to see myself—through my own gaze upon him.
The text in the film consists of personal experiences from my everyday life, separate from the cat. Through observations of people around me, mostly strangers, I reflect on phenomena such as screen culture, the sexualization of the female body, and ownership of one's own image. These themes are presented as observations without definitive solutions.
The film also touches on stereotypes associated with women and cats—and the social prejudices surrounding the choice to prefer the company of a cat.
New in a foreign city without close relationships, he became my greatest listener and muse.
In a diary-like format, I began documenting our life together, which culminated in the film Animaux De Compagnie. No matter how much time we spent together, our relationship was confined to the domestic sphere. We lived separate lives, unknown to each other, and our interactions mostly took place on the couch or in bed—where at least one of us was often asleep. This intimate yet isolated dynamic forms the foundation of the film, which is divided into five parts: kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, hallway, and living room.
These spaces serve as the backdrop for scenes where I, through anti-capitalist and feminist monologues directed at the cat, explore the desire to have a witness to one's own life.
I use Pablo to see myself—through my own gaze upon him.
The text in the film consists of personal experiences from my everyday life, separate from the cat. Through observations of people around me, mostly strangers, I reflect on phenomena such as screen culture, the sexualization of the female body, and ownership of one's own image. These themes are presented as observations without definitive solutions.
The film also touches on stereotypes associated with women and cats—and the social prejudices surrounding the choice to prefer the company of a cat.
Clear Channel Publication
2024Event at Blindern subway stop, Oslo
Self published, 58 pages - text & images
Publication made of a collection of documentation and phone notes from the project Clear Channel that was visible in public space from 2022-2023. The event was held at Blindern Subway stop.
Clear
Channel
05.2022.-09.2023
Documentation by the artist
In this project posters from the advertising company Clear Channel are illegally replaced. The project consists of twenty posters hung up for 1 week at a timein various locations.
Clear Channel has a minimum package of 115 posters for EURO 50 000; The goal was therefore to exhibit the posters 115 times before they eventually wear out.
The posters were exhibited 95 times.
Fanclub
2023
208 x 110 cm, 208 x 48 cm,
02:01 videoloop.
Shown at Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
This project consists of T-shirts featuring a print of the artist’s own body, taken by herself.
The t-shirts are sent to people with whom they have had sex with. Exceptions are made due to reasons like sexual violence or unlisted adresses.
Documentation by Einar Fuglem & Hanna Hilmersson
Other works visible by Amanda Sanders
The t-shirts are sent to people with whom they have had sex with. Exceptions are made due to reasons like sexual violence or unlisted adresses.
Documentation by Einar Fuglem & Hanna Hilmersson
Other works visible by Amanda Sanders
Clear
Channel 2
2023
Analogue photography, 172 x 116 cm
Shown at Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
Documentation by Marthin Espeland
In this project two posters are illegally replaced from the advertising company Clear Channel, that is seen from the window of the gallery.
They’re visible for the whole exhibition period of two weeks.
They’re visible for the whole exhibition period of two weeks.
