Peel
Peel, 2009
Single-Channel Video with Layered Sound
Duration: 7 minutes
Peel is an early video work that transforms everyday cooking gestures into a rhythmic, layered composition. Through superimposed frames, actions like chopping, stirring, and adjusting hair are amplified into flowing visual patterns.
Developed as part of Saraf’s MFA thesis, the piece follows an intuitive approach to sound, layering her voice with ambient kitchen noise to build a textured sonic field. This audio structure shapes the visuals, with transparent overlays and side-by-side frames intensifying subtle movements into rhythmic motifs.
Peel introduces elements that recur throughout Saraf’s practice: the body as instrument, domestic labor as performance, and repetition as force. It anticipates later works including FOLD and Fold [Live].
