Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
 

Michelle Williams Gamaker

Colour film still depicting a surgical scene from above. A patient lies on an operating table with their face illuminated against darkness while medical professionals in green surival gowns lean over them. Surgical instruments are visible, including a reflective instrument or mirror. The dramatic lighting and palette of surgical greens and warm skin tones emphasise horror-film qualities and themes of bodily transformation.
Michelle Williams Gamaker, Strange Evidence, film still, 2026.

Commissioned and produced by Matt’s Gallery, London and Offline, Glasgow.
Black-and-white close-up portrait of a face emerging from darkness. Only the eyes, nose, and slightly parted lips are illuminated by a spotlight while the edges of the face fade into shadow. The upward gaze conveys vulnerability or apprehension, combing Hollywood glamour lighting with a sense of psychological distress.
Michelle Williams Gamaker, Strange Evidence, film still, 2026.

Commissioned and produced by Matt’s Gallery, London and Offline, Glasgow.
Black-and-white film still of a psychoanalytic session. In the foreground, a figure sits in shadow with their back to the camera, facing another figure standing beside benetian-blinded windows. The standing figure wears a tailored 1940s checkered suit, dark sunglasses, and has their head fully wrapped in bandaded. The room it lit by a table lamp, with framed artworks on the walls, evoking film noir aesthetics and the clincal atmosphere of mid-century psychoanalysis
Michelle Williams Gamaker, Strange Evidence, film still, 2026.

Commissioned and produced by Matt’s Gallery, London and Offline, Glasgow.

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