I’m not going to bore with you a big long academic style artist statement. But truth be told, it’s because I don’t have one at this point to describe this work. But here’s a little bit of a breakdown…
Sugimoto did a famous series in the 1970’s and 80’s whereby he set up his 8×10 camera in a movie theater (both indoor and drive-in) and he exposed the film for the entire length of the movie. He would start just as the projector started and would only close the shutter after the final credits rolled off the screen. Here his goal was to show us about too much information. Too much information, of course, is light.
I’m seeing things a little differently. The information from the screen comes at us in a constant stream and we must synthesize it as it comes. We have the luxury of those streams at that time. Here we condense the entire video into a single frame. Perhaps this is a representation of the fact that we receive so much information that we can’t possible synthesize it all. Or could it be a function of memory? We can take in the information fine when it is streaming, but looking back and trying to get to it – well, that’s a whole other issue.
At this, the final song in the album that is playing has come on and it’s time for me to go. Here are the 2 images I just created. This series will grow, and hopefully my understanding of its significance (as well as that of the series by Sugimoto). Rather than the venue, these are titled by the video that played for their creation.
As always, comments and critiques are welcome.
Kara Hearn – One Thing After Another
Kara Hearn – The Temporary and Heroic Transcendence of One’s Fate