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Passage
performance/installation proposal |
for
DUMBO Arts Festival 2006 |
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Accompanied
and illuminated by animated video projections, a lone
man travels back and forth between bridge arches which,
too, are lit by projections. The passing of time is reflected
by the speed at which the performer traverses the distance
between each active spot, which is mirrored by all the
animations: as time passes and stamina subsides, the
performer gets slower and slower accompanied by slower
and slower projections, and the arch projections get
faster and faster, until the performer has slowed to
a halt and the arch projections reach intense speed.
3 hours.
An investigation into the concepts of passage of time,
passage of life, passages in life, destinations, goals
and achievements. Mired in monotonous task-driven struggle,
the performer illustrates the basic life drive, keep
going on, which is ultimately uplifting. |
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Location:
Pearl St. between Front & York
There are two arches that cross the sidewalk, with a stretch
of steel fencing between. I want to place a video projector
under each arch facing up, illuminating the underside of
each arch with video images. |
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performer travels between the arches, back and forth,
accompanied by a video projection from the V.R.A.G.
projector across the street, which follows him like
a spotlight. |
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When
the performer reaches A he presses a button which
restarts the A video projection... same for B
V.R.A.G.
: Video Remix Artillery Gun
allows user to live-mix video clips and to
project them in any direction
(see “Drive-By”, “Protest” and “WARaid”) |
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performer
is accompanied by video projection comprised of
three elements:
1. photographic animation
2. shadow from live performer
3. drawn animations |
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content
follows speed of performer:
running, jogging, walking, walking slowly, crawling,
laying down
The V.R.A.G. operator will match the content to the
speed of the performer, so when he crawls the animations
will be crawling etc. |
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“Passage”
Arch Projections
A time lapse video of a resting / sleeping nude figure
is projected from below onto the underside of each arch.
The setup and content is the same for each arch. The
time lapse footage, shot from above, shows the figure
shifting and changing position... As the video progresses,
the frame rate increases and the figure moves faster
and faster, giving the appearance of writhing and wriggling.
This stage is only seen later in the performance, when
the performer has slowed down enough that the video plays
this far.
Resetting
them starts them as slow again. The faster the travel
time from A - B, the sooner the reset. As the performance
progresses this time will increase as the performer
who starts out running, drops to trotting, then walking,
then slows to a crawl and eventually stops. He may
get up and continue after a rest. |
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