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Collaborative exhibition at High-Temp Fabrication in Buffalo, NY (with Patricia Brace)
WINDOWED ROOM: In the first half of this two-room video/sound/installation work, visitors were presented with a stage-like overlook. Elevated on the platform, the space was revealed as a real-life picture plane: six inviting windows glowed with LEDs at the far end of the enormous room with a forest of tarnished, wooden columns in-between. Utilizing two 90-foot faux walls positioned at a forced perspective and nine faux columns clustered in the farther half of the room, the windows appeared farther away than they actually were. As visitors approached, a real-time sound installation grew louder and was finally fully audible at the windows themselves, echoing a cacophony of footsteps recorded minutes ago from beneath the platform, snippets of dialogue from Patricia and my travels commuting between Buffalo and Brooklyn, and a simple guitar solo.
WHITE ROOM: In the second half of this two-room video/sound/installation work, the only sources of light were from videos playing on projection screens that were leaning, like cumbersome paintings, throughout the space. As the projections flickered with light, the room slowly revealed itself. Walking around the massive space and approaching the larger-than-life screens, viewers' bodies blocked the projection light, their shadows mimicking the towering columns. The videos themselves were composite weaves of local performances, research documentation, and leisure time in and around Buffalo since the onsite of this project, exploring the effect repeated stays in Buffalo had on the Patricia and my relationships with our families, each other, and ourselves.
I Like You Better Now
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of windowed room
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of windowed room
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of windowed room
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of white room
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of white room
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of white room
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of white room
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of white room (looking into windowed room)
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014
I Like You Better Now
Documentation of white room
mixed media
4-channel video 12m long, rooms 14,000 sq ft
2014