your hand opens and closes and opens and closes

Video installation, 1999, Thailand/Australia

Virginia Hilyard and Varsha Nair collaborated in Thailand in 1999 to create this video installation of the simple yet sensual imagery of a hand being massaged. Virginia Hilyard is a film, video and installation artist who has received artists residencies in Australia, the Philippines and Thailand where she continues to develop projects with artists. Varsha Nair is a visual artist based in Bangkok, Thailand who works collaboratively with artists in Germany, Thailand, Philippines and Australia and has been exhibited in Bombay, Bangkok, Singapore and Bonn.