![]() ![]() Often, the baptisms are interrupted by bodily necessities – a sharp intake of breath, a hand accidentally faltering. ![]() The piece is durational: both Sophia and Schaefer begin to show the seams of their physical labour. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Throughout, the camera tightens, and the soundtrack grows ever more guttural, a cacophony of discordant, quivering strings drowning out the chirp of birds in the distance. Shot in a single take at the Pool of Siloam – a salt lake in South Australia’s Beachport – Witness shows a baptism on infinite loop, with a man (Michael Schaefer) cradling Sophia in his arms and repeatedly submerging her in the lake from side to side like a swinging pendulum. “I am still a bit shaky, I’ll be honest,” Sophia says, speaking from the gallery after the prize ceremony. Witness, her winning entry, is a 12-minute film where the artist is dunked into a body of water again and again – to both disquieting and mesmeric effect. Sophia is a 34-year-old multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans performance, sculpture and video. ![]()
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