Bed Role is a video pan of collaged together pages from home-décor catalogs with images of beds on them. The beds in these catalogs play a pivotal role in the invitation to vicariously inhabit these idealized homes with their flawless fictional families. Their abundant fluffy pillows and perfectly rolled down bedding promise dreamy fantasies around desire and intimacy.

In making this video I was interested in the play between presenting a convincing seductive space and revealing the construct of that space. My camera creates a lifelike movement through the interior space of the catalog, but occasionally I purposely capture catalog numbers or reflections of studio light bouncing off the pages, creating a rupture in the believability of the idealized space videotaped.