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Light Leaks #1 In this video sunlight has been abstracted and activated as it seeps through the windows and skylights of a dark room. Black-and-white surveillance cameras and analog processing systems transform the light in unpredictable ways. As an installation the projected light integrates into the architectural features of its new space. Made possible by an artist's residency at the Experimental Television Center. |
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Light Leaks #2 In this video sunlight has been abstracted and activated as it seeps through the windows and skylights of a dark room. Black-and-white surveillance cameras and analog processing systems transform the light in unpredictable ways. As an installation the projected light integrates into the architectural features of its new space. Made possible by an artist's residency at the Experimental Television Center. |
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I Remember That They Existed, But Not What They Were
16mm Film Installation, 5 min., 2008 This 16mm film installation was comprised of a 5-minute film projected as a continuous loop through a scultural loop wall. The wall was 8' x 8' and housed rollers that guided the 200 feet of film as it traveled across the wall to the 16mm projector. On the upper corner of the wall there was a torque motor that pulled the weight of the film allowing it to feed into the projector, whose motor would not be able to pull the film across the wall on its own. The film's image, which was comprised primarily of imagery depicting the ebb and flow of summer rainstroms, was projected into a sectioned off part of the gallery space. The audio track of the film was built up of layered sounds including the sounds of pouring rain, thunder, wind, passing traffic, and more. The audio of the film joined with the sounds of the projector and torque motor and the squeaking of the rollers. All of this combined with the visuals of the projected image and the passing film to create an encompassing atmosphere for viewing and experiencing the film on its multiple levels. |
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.68mm Views .68mm Views was a photographic installation made up of a 4’ x 8’ freestanding wall with an array of pinhole cameras on one side and the images that they created on the other. While displayed in a gallery group exhibition, I used the handmade cameras to photograph the exhibition space and those who visited it. All of the simply constructed cameras alternated the task of capturing images. On the opposite side of the wall the resulting camera original images were displayed with the date and times of exposure (which varied from as short as one minute to as long as eight hours). Some of the cameras were equipped with Polaroid backs that allowed for positive images, while others were loaded with B&W or color photographic paper, resulting in negative images. The photographs create documents that feel distorted due to the odd perspectives, the color shifts, or the fact that the image is a negative. The oddities of these images invite the viewer to contemplate the gallery space, the art displayed within it, and the basics of the photographic process. |