Keren Cytter
Nightmare, 2007

Digital video, black & white, 6 min

Keren Cytter's video Nightmare begins the exhibition, setting a tone of violence and mystery. In it we see two brutal stranglings occur, both times ending in death, between the same two people. The scenes start in extreme banality and suddenly escalate into a hideous murder committed twice. Which murder is the Nightmare and which is the reality? Where is the starting point? The video is disorienting and seductive, disturbing in its portrayal of the cycle of domestic violence where there is no distinguishable beginning, no discernible cause, and no redemption.