Monday, 7 May 2007

Answers

Why looping videos?
I see my videos as videos of endless conditions
is like time is trapped on an endless loop
Like every step is leading back to the starting point
or like there is not a definite point but there is a definite track/path which we shape and follow at the same time
The woman is balancing her weight, trying to find a position, her stance, a place, a way
The man is repeating his steps starring at the empty space, looking at his watch tracing with his path the shape of the symbol of infinity
The homogeneous crowd is following itself passive and apathetic

why no sound?
I remove the original sound because my aim is not to document an exact moment.
I use a visual incident through isolating it from its surrounding circumstances not in order to document it but in order to create something new
Also when I shoot my videos I feel that sound is recorded 'by accident' because it is not my intention to include it.
sound for me (original or designed)is an element that is distracting the concentration on the visuals, it creates an atmosphere, it imposes feelings, it puts viewers on a mood, sound fills an empty space around us as a presence
with my work I want to communicate only visually with the viewer, and I want both my work and themselves to be alone and exposed, little silent breathing entities

why back screen?
back screening because I want people to walk freely in front of the projections without worrying about blocking them

Text?
I've written a small statement for assessment's purposes but I don't like to offer hints or answers to the viewers, I want them to invest the time and wonder themselves on the whys of my work,
and I don't care about viewers that don't have time to invest and are interested only in obvious and impressive works that need no involvement from the viewer

Titles?
I still can't decide If i want to have titles or not. Titles give a direction to the work but I like the idea of allowing the viewer to freely interpret with the visuals his own way

Are they a series?
In the triptychs images are there one next to the other in order to create associations.
The one triptych with the other are not a series since 2 cannot be a series it is a pair, but it is not final yet that they gonna be 2 projections maybe they will be 3

ideal screening conditions?
Ideally I would like to screen my work in public spaces like the new video screens that are in London subway for advertisements. People expecting to see one more advertisement and instead to see a piece of video art

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