Cherie Sampson - Video Performance

Over a period of several years, I have made a series of video-
performances in which I have placed my naked body in the
natural environment in remote sites from the snowy tundra
of Lapland to a limestone cave in Wisconsin. These works
are personal rituals as much as they are works of art that
refer to a conceptual, historical and visual framework of the
nude and abstraction, painting, feminist art and
contemporary mediums of video and performance. My
pace is extremely slow and deliberate in an embodiment
of the imperceptible movement of time and change in the
natural world.

"River of Spirit...of Life" (ice piece) was created in
February, 2004 in rural northeast Missouri by a small, frozen
waterfall. Alluding to an experience of becoming, the edge
of attainment and passing, the figure is a metaphor for this
eternal cycle in human life, nature and the cosmos.

This piece was digitally recorded and edited. The site, light
and timing are actual, only subtle edits are made in the
image opacity.

For DVD's of "River of Spirit...of Life" and "Selected Video Works"
please contact Cherie Sampson at
2000 North Ct. St. # 13F, Fairfield, Iowa 52556