João Onofre

For his second solo exhibition at I-20 and his first in New York since 2002, João Onofre will premiere Thomas Dekker an Interview, and a new photo series from 2006.

This video consists of an interview with the actor Thomas Dekker. At the age of 6 Dekker starred in the 1995 John Carpenter horror movie – Village of the Damned – as an alien child. Since then he has continued his career as an actor, appearing in numerous TV series and some motion pictures.

Onofre directs questions to him, always unseen but heard. In fact, Onofre framed the questions for the character the actor played in the movie - the alien child - but these questions are answered by Thomas Dekker as himself; he was not made aware of what the artist was doing. Having worked as an actor since a very young age, Thomas Dekker’s life revolves entirely around acting and thus around fiction. This interview elicits a moment at which the actor, to a degree, is simultaneously immersed in the domain of fiction and playing himself.

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