DEEP WATERS I. / HLUBOKE VODY I.
PAFA Museum of fine arts, Philadelphia, USA
NAC Saint Catherines, ON, Canada, 2006
Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada,2007
Ed Video, Edifying Edifice, Festival of Moving Image, Guelph, ON,2008
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MATERIAL: two chanel video installation, 8 monofilament screens 8’x 8’, DVD-loop 8min
DESCRIPTION: 8 min looped footage of rocks falling into the quiet Schuylkill River in the middle of the night is projected throughout 8 large water like screens. Screens are fabricated in monofilament, weaved in-between two aluminum bars 8’x 8’, set in a row, 3 foot apart to create multiple, repetitive images. Viewers-participants are invited to walk around and in between the screens. After 8 minutes the DVD returns the screens back to calm, uninterrupted water surface of the night.
CONCEPT: In Deep Waters I attempt to communicate the notion of depth and consequently the notion of fall through use of multiple projection screens fabricated to layer the projected image and recreate qualities of water surface. The projected image captures repeated action of a rock falling in the calm night river, breaking the water surface into a pulsating ripples of light, before it proceeds towards the dark bottom. My interest in depth primarily lies in the imaginative and psychological dimension of the unknown and the invisible. In this work I continue to explore these unmapped dimensions through means of visual perception and illusion. Further, my interest is in exploring the concepts of space within the context of installation and projected image. Space in the projected image of cinema exists in two created spaces; the illusionary space on the screen and the representation of the three-dimensional spaces of the real world. This division continues to position the viewer into a rather passive observer and turns my attention to challenging these established structures, within the notions of the avant-garde and expanded cinema, which continue to influence my practice.