Projects

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ETERNAL RETURN

Installation with table-mounted kinetic sculpture 2003

Eternal Return is based on the classic film The Gay Divorcee starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Miniature dancing figures, captured from multiple angles, are filmed by live video cameras which cut from one shot to another, creating a video sequence evoking the original film. The soundtrack is an excerpt of the song The Continental. The project contains a platform …

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LEARNING FROM LAS VEGAS

Installation with suitcase 2003

This work uses as its raw material footage from 21 different films in which the city of Las Vegas is used as a setting. Each individual shot is organised according to descriptive categories and taken as a lesson learnt from or about the city of Las Vegas and its inhabitants. For example, ‘learning from fountains’ includes all shots of exuberantly …

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SOFT RAINS #1: BEACH ADVENTURE

Installation with video projection 2003

Soft Rains consists of multiple platforms. Each platform represents a familiar cinematic archetype or genre rendered in miniature (60s Arthouse, 70s horror etc). The miniature ‘heroine’ of the work, clad in a distinctive red dress, is pictured in each of the sets. The live feed from each video camera is connected to a computer-based video sequencer, which switches from one …

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SOFT RAINS #2: CABARET

Installation with video projection 2003

Soft Rains consists of multiple platforms. Each platform represents a familiar cinematic archetype or genre rendered in miniature (60s Arthouse, 70s horror etc). The miniature ‘heroine’ of the work, clad in a distinctive red dress, is pictured in each of the sets. The live feed from each video camera is connected to a computer-based video sequencer, which switches from one …

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SOFT RAINS #3: DINNER PARTY

Installation with video projection 2003

Soft Rains consists of multiple platforms. Each platform represents a familiar cinematic archetype or genre rendered in miniature (60s Arthouse, 70s horror etc). The miniature ‘heroine’ of the work, clad in a distinctive red dress, is pictured in each of the sets. The live feed from each video camera is connected to a computer-based video sequencer, which switches from one …

image:Soft Rains #4: The Loft
 

SOFT RAINS #4: THE LOFT

Installation with video projection 2003

Soft Rains consists of multiple platforms. Each platform represents a familiar cinematic archetype or genre rendered in miniature (60s Arthouse, 70s horror etc). The miniature ‘heroine’ of the work, clad in a distinctive red dress, is pictured in each of the sets. The live feed from each video camera is connected to a computer-based video sequencer, which switches from one …

image:Soft Rains #5: The Spa
 

SOFT RAINS #5: THE SPA

Installation with video projection 2003

Soft Rains consists of multiple platforms. Each platform represents a familiar cinematic archetype or genre rendered in miniature (60s Arthouse, 70s horror etc). The miniature ‘heroine’ of the work, clad in a distinctive red dress, is pictured in each of the sets. The live feed from each video camera is connected to a computer-based video sequencer, which switches from one …

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SOFT RAINS #6: SUBURBAN HORROR

Installation with video projection 2003

Soft Rains consists of multiple platforms. Each platform represents a familiar cinematic archetype or genre rendered in miniature (60s Arthouse, 70s horror etc). The miniature ‘heroine’ of the work, clad in a distinctive red dress, is pictured in each of the sets. The live feed from each video camera is connected to a computer-based video sequencer, which switches from one …

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448 IS ENOUGH

Installation with small LCD screens 2002

This database project is comprised of a shot-by-shot breakdown of a single episode of the 1980s US family drama Eight Is Enough. Every individual shot is represented by a brief, colour-coded text description of the imagery it contains. These descriptions are installed, in sequence, in a grid on the gallery wall. Small monitors are placed within the installation where ad …

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EVERY ANVIL

Installation with electronic sculpture and discs 2002

The source material for this work is a collection of one hundred episodes of the Looney Tunes television program. Each episode is broken down into a series of individual shots which were then grouped together into categories. The categories include each instance of violence or physical extremity (such as every fall, every explosion, and every anvil). The suitcase sculpture contains …

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HORROR CHASE

installation with custom software 2002

This work is based on the climatic chase sequence from Evil Dead II. The artists re-enact the scene on a specially designed stage set. Each shot in the sequence is individually digitized. Custom computer software selects these clips at random, playing them back in a seamless but continuously variable way, changing the speed and direction of play. The images are …

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HOW I LEARNED

Sculpture with electronics 2002

This project asks, if everything you knew came from the TV show Kung Fu, what would you know? The original programme is broken down shot by shot and entered into a database. Each clip is categorized by the artists according to lessons that it might teach a viewer. The lessons fall into four categories, ‘How I Learned About Religion’, ‘’How …