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28 Compositions screened in the Viewfinder space from 25 January to 7 February, 2005.
“In 28 Compositions a handheld camera follows a young boy (Maloy’s younger brother) dressed in a brown poo-like cardboard cut out blob. The young boy is directed off screen by Maloy to perform a series of traditional and not so traditional life modelling positions.
Maloy’s films always have a playful formalism to them, though when asked about 28 Compositions, Maloy steers away from the formal elements and instead talked about the roots of the work retelling a personal account between himself and his little brother.
‘When I was 11 years old and my brother was 3, I took it upon myself to stalk my brother with paparazzi stealth and take a series of unannounced photographs of him sitting on the toilet. Like a true professional, and even after tears from his little face started flowing I continued to shoot until the entire roll of film was finished.’
Unfortunately these early Maloy works were lost but their memories live on through 28 Compositions.” - Viewfinder exhibition notes