[Frameworks] physical water within expanded cinema.

David Han dhan at yorku.ca
Tue Dec 14 22:53:47 CST 2010


Hey Jen,

Unfortunately, I haven't seen any of those, but have you taken a look  
at Rebecca Belmore's exhibit 'Fountain' for the Canadian pavilion at  
the 2005 Venice Biennale?

She had a looping video projected onto a screen made of water (water  
fall).

http://www.rebeccabelmore.com/exhibit/Fountain.html

David.

> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:43:07 +0000
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> Dear Frameworks,
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> I am still working on my
> dissertation re: physical water within expanded cinema.  
> Unfortunately there is
> an extreme lack of information about some of the artist I have found  
> and
> believe me I have JSTOR, Wilson Web?ed and Googled!
>
>
>
> Caroline Locke?s ?Breath? (2002)?
>
> If you have seen this work
> could you answer a few questions?
>
> Can you hear the sound of
> the heartbeat in the gallery space?
>
> In the Aluminium tanks I
> am presuming there is a vortex of water??
>
> How then does the sound of
> the heartbeat affect the water?
>
> Is there the equivalent of
> a hammer that copies the heartbeat or is it the physical sound  
> vibrations that
> affect the water i.e are there speaker inside the tank?
>
> There is also a mention of
> video loops.
>
> What are the images on the
> video loops?
>
> What surface are the video
> loops projected onto?
>
>
>
> Alexander Hahn ?On the
> nature of things? (1996)
>
> I
> have watched the video of this installation on ?Vimeo? and have  
> information
> about the work however, I noticed on the list of materials is 1  
> Projector.
>
> What
> was the projector projecting and onto what surface was it projecting?
>
>
>
> I
> have basic descriptions of the following installations;
>
>
>
> Rafael Lozano-Hemmer?s
> ?Pulse Tank? (2008)
>
>
>
> Michael Brown ?Turbulent
> Landscapes? (1996) and ?Meanderings? (1993)
>
>
>
> Lulu Quinn ?Jetty Greenwich
> Millennium village? London
> (2008)
>
>
>
> Pearl Hirshfield, various installations ?Autumn?,
> ?Summer?, etc (1984)
>
>
>
> Jim Hamlyn ?1728sqft, 16070Ltrs? (1991) and ?Broken
> English? (1993)
>
>
>
> David Hall ?Narcissus I?
> and ?Narcissus II? (1976)
>
>
>
> If
> you have seen these installations, I would be grateful if you would  
> write a
> review of your experience of the work.
>
>
>
> Thank you all in advance.
>
> Jen


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