*Missing Title
The installation is structured as a dark corridor, painted black, where a projected Figure stands at the far end—its identity visually defined by long black hair that doubles as both garment and mask.
The piece confronts themes of proximity, identity, and gender, playing with the distance between viewer and image. As the viewer moves closer, the Figure reacts with discomfort: vocalizing distress, moving erratically, and slowly shedding its hair. This removal of hair—a visual signifier of femininity and disguise—reveals an ambiguous and unstable identity beneath, challenging the viewer’s initial assumptions and exposing the fragility of surface-level readings of gender.
The interaction is unsettling: the viewer gains agency over the Figure’s exposure, yet the installation cleverly subverts full control, as the Figure resists and reacts. The choreography, constrained within the corridor, further emphasizes a struggle for self-definition under surveillance. The hair, once a symbol of allure and identity, becomes a source of discomfort and transformation—eventually repositioned as a crown before being completely stripped away.
Filmed in high-contrast black and white with touches of oversaturated blue, DERANGED uses minimal but emotionally charged aesthetics to intensify its impact. Hair operates as a key metaphor: mutable, performative, and ultimately unstable. As the hair disappears, so too does the Figure’s original gendered silhouette, leaving behind a newly exposed Subject that defies binary categorization.
Caption of the picture. Vienna, 2008
Caption of the picture. Vienna, 2008
Caption of the picture. Vienna, 2008
Caption of the picture. Vienna, 2008
Fun Facts
The complexity and emotional weight of that research made it difficult to start—and
in a way, DERANGED emerged as a creative detour, or perhaps more accurately, a coping mechanism. One could say DERANGED served
as a metaphorical unpacking of difficult
truths that would later take form in his
long-term project Hospitality.
a standalone piece—it evolved into an ongoing exploration of ferrofluid, a mysterious material Doringer has been researching since 2009, and which has threaded its way through much of his later work. The project also marked the beginning of his interest in fiction as a temporary state, a concept he would explore further during his master’s studies.
Credits
Dancer
Anouk Froidevaux
Choreographer
Andreas Kuck
Makeup Artist
David Stella
Hair
Yannis Kyriazos, Tomislav Feller
Anouk Froidevaux
Choreographer
Andreas Kuck
Makeup Artist
David Stella
Hair
Yannis Kyriazos, Tomislav Feller
Music
Natasa Bogojevic
Camera
Ben Geraerts
Camera Assistant
Maarten Apeldoorn
Post Prodcuction
Janneke Kupfer
Natasa Bogojevic
Camera
Ben Geraerts
Camera Assistant
Maarten Apeldoorn
Post Prodcuction
Janneke Kupfer
Programming
Konstantin Leonenko
Konstantin Leonenko
Assistants
Ivan Kadelburg,
Marija Kadelburg,
Maielin Timmerberg,
Barbara Amalie Skovma,
Debbie Wester
Ivan Kadelburg,
Marija Kadelburg,
Maielin Timmerberg,
Barbara Amalie Skovma,
Debbie Wester
Special Thanks to
Jans Possel and Philip Woo
Jans Possel and Philip Woo
Thanks To
Martin Grotenburg and
Material fonds in Amsterdam
Martin Grotenburg and
Material fonds in Amsterdam