Kristin Lucas

Kristin Lucas is one of the most exciting of a new generation of young artists working in video, installation, and performance. Lucas uses her camera as a diaristic device, into which she unloads her anecdotal, performative mini-dramas. Her work resonates with a sense of social isolation and alienation from the computer/television/electronic media that she posits as a surrogate for personal interaction. The backdrop to Lucas's work is the empty world of day-time television, cable shopping channels and shopping malls.