Based on found footage and featuring Candice Breitz in the guise of a series of white avatars, Whiteface observes the rising anxiety of white people as calls to dismantle white supremacy intensify across the globe. Whiteface is a portrait of whiteness in a state of panic. Breitz’s deliberately theatrical performance draws attention to the constructed nature of whiteness and other racial categories. Her bleached presence and deadened eyes locate the fictions that naturalise and perpetuate white supremacy squarely within the genre of horror. At the core of the piece is a study of the English language, a language stained with racist notions that can be traced back to the violent underpinnings of British Empire.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Candice Breitz.