The essence and structure of Douglas Gordons work is heavily based on opposites: good/bad, saved/damned, right/wrong, light/dark. He also likes to manipulate his images to change how we perceive them by layering images, changing the speed at which something is played, using mirrors/reflection and multiple screens. Touching also on recognition/repetition and time/memory. His work seems to explore the viewers psychological relationship with the moving image in his videos. Most of his work seem to have psychological elements, leaving the viewers to think about the psychological affect it has on them.