In this piece, a looped clip from a famous American war epic appears as surveillance footage. In the style of seminal video works by Nauman or Wegman, a solitary individual in the studio/cell performs a repetitive act to mark time. Only here, these actions determine time - the clock displayed progresses only with the actions of our hero, one second per gesture. The image, initially live, grows less so as the scene progresses.
Full Description
In this piece, a looped clip from a famous American war epic appears as surveillance footage. In the style of seminal video works by Nauman or Wegman, a solitary individual in the studio/cell performs a repetitive act to mark time. Only here, these actions determine time - the clock displayed progresses only with the actions of our hero, one second per gesture. The image, initially live, grows less so as the scene progresses.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2002
- Submitted to ArtBase: Monday Apr 14th, 2003
- Original Url: http://www.thing.net/~kham/monitor
- Permalink: http://archive.rhizome.org/artbase/11972/monitor/
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Work Credits:
- Kevin Hamilton, creator
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