Tuesday 17 January 2012

NewBridge projected, and continued

Halo people! Now, where was I? Ah yes, The NewBridge Project. So Matthew Donnelly 's work was the bulk of what went on, and tied in very nicely with 'beyond the limits of control' by Ove Kvavik, which when I first saw it, looked like this:
The audio to accompany this was very tranquil and involved birdsong etc. The whole thing however left a sour taste, as this and other slow moving, natural images were replaced by what appeared to be a smoking individual looking upon a possessed girl, twitching and writhing on the floor, making the most uncomfortable sounds. It was wonderfully compelling to watch and listen to, and after fiddling with the audio output myself and Will Strong were plaintively distracted from small talk by the impact it had.
Kate Liston's pieces, Practice Maintaining and Other People Might Not See This are my penultimate talking points, an image on a video screen and another projection, lasting around ten minutes.
According to my sources George Stephenson did not invent the rocket, merely perfected the design and aided in funding. His one true invention was this almost painfully phallic cucumber correction device, which starred in a video focusing on the linear link between this and train tracks etc. The video itself had descriptive  subtitles that were sharp and witty, involving descriptions of the path to enlightenment and the explanation of linear progressions. Interesting stuff.
Last but not least, something that almost reminds me of Prefab77 (I know, I know, shut up already Scott). This is called 'Yugen' and was artistically digitized by Ben Jeans Houghton. See his other works HERE!
This image makes me laugh so much. Apparently there was an earthquake not too long ago in America somewhere, and this museum was shaken so badly that a full scale statue of a man holding some books came crashing to earth head first, spearing itself into the ground. The image is mixed with cosmological nebulae and a dreamy starscape, which gives it a beautiful ethereal quality.

Well, that's all in that respect, here's page 8 of 101TILFAB.
Click here to see some more about Louis Khan, who I've learned is an impressive modernist architect. The mixture of wood paneling and concrete is truly something to behold, and the way that the circular holes cut through the linear shelving and isles on each floor is obtusely inspiring.
Sincerely, my self.

1 comment:

  1. Hi, Just to let you know the video work is Yugen by Ben Jeans Houghton

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