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  • Four-Hour Performance with Closed-Circuit Video Feed, 2001

    Originally performed at the Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera Gallery, NYC

    Repeating the line, "I exist in a highly excited state of overstimulation," from David Cronenberg's film Videodrome, Handelman works herself into a state of self-obliteration–verbally assaulting the lens, then repairing her action by sewing over the lens until it goes black, then cutting through the thread and starting over again, trapped in a repetitive cycle of frustration and digital overstimulation.

    Viewers watch the action on both on a closed-circuit monitor and live.

Documentation from “I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation”
featuring Michelle Handelman

Still from video documentation of "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Still from video documentation of "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Still from video feed of "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Still from video feed of "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Still from video documentation of "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Still from video documentation of "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Documentation from "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Documentation from "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Documentation from "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"

Documentation from "I Exist in a Highly Excited State of Overstimulation"