ARTWORK
Video Portraits (2006-2008) — Single-channel video projection (45 minutes, looped)
Description
I ask a stranger if I can take photograph and instead I record video with my digital camera. Each person strikes a distinctive pose with a fixed smile and stares directly at the viewer, tapping into a universal experience of anticipation.
Subjects range from gay men at a pride parade, surfers in California, taxi drivers in Brazil, shoppers at a flea market and drunk people dressed in Santa outfits. Like conventional photographs, these serve as travel souvenirs. The videos grant duration to the photographic instant. The camera acts as a human eye, reflecting the complete shift to a documentation-based culture.
Images
Video
Video Portraits (2007)
Single-channel Video Projection
Excerpt ( "Banff")
1 minute, 54 seconds
Video Portraits (2007)
Single-channel Video Projection
Excerpt ( "Wondercon")
2 minutes, 29 seconds
Video Portraits (2007)
Single-channel Video Projection
Excerpt ("Truth or Consequences")
2 minutes, 30 seconds