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<\/a>Kara Hearn – One Thing After Another<\/p><\/div>\n
I’m not going to bore with you a big long academic style artist statement.\u00a0 But truth be told, it’s because I don’t have one at this point to describe this work.\u00a0\u00a0 But here’s a little bit of a breakdown…<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 He would start just as the projector started and would only close the shutter after the final credits rolled off the screen.\u00a0 Here his goal was to show us about too much information.\u00a0 Too much information, of course, is light.<\/p>\n
I’m seeing things a little differently.\u00a0 The information from the screen comes at us in a constant stream and we must synthesize it as it comes.\u00a0 We have the luxury of those streams at that time.\u00a0 Here we condense the entire video into a single frame.\u00a0 Perhaps this is a representation of the fact that we receive so much information that we can’t possible synthesize it all.\u00a0 Or could it be a function of memory?\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
At this, the final song in the album that is playing has come on and it’s time for me to go.\u00a0 Here are the 2 images I just created.\u00a0 This series will grow, and hopefully my understanding of its significance (as well as that of the series by Sugimoto).\u00a0 Rather than the venue, these are titled by the video that played for their creation.<\/p>\n
As always, comments and critiques are welcome.<\/p>\n