It’s All About Time
Posted by Erik | Filed under Video
I am in the middle of the woods, looking for artistic inspiration. I was supposed to be here the year prior, but my father had succumbed to illness and I chose to stay with him. These woods are not real. They were brought here and planted to match someone’s design layout. I continue to walk for a few hours until I come upon something as out of place as a city-dweller visiting a fake forest a year late. I find a huge stone in the middle of this man-made wilderness. I study the stone, looking for signs of a struggle. I find none and turn away. And then, out of the corner of my eye, I see the rock has moved. This will take some time to figure out.
Though often overlooked, I believe the material surrounding the deliberate “content” acts as a lens by which we interpret that content. I explore this material in my work, looking for ways to present a unique perspective on the pedestrian. It’s All About Time investigates the perception of time and how that influences our lives and memories. (2007)
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Tags: death, durational, father, lens, perspective, Spoken-word, stop-motion, time, Video, Visual, voice
Controlled Substances
Posted by Erik | Filed under Music, Video
Controlled Substances is an interactive media installation controlled by the real-time RSS feeds it displays. This video is a representation of the Quartz Composition. (2006)
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Tags: composer, composition, hunger, installation, interactive media, population, time, Video, water, world
Standing Waves in Shoaling Water
Posted by Erik | Filed under Music, Video
On December of 2004 I set out to teach myself some basic video production software. Midway through a typical tutorial I heard news coming out of Asia that gave me cause to drop everything and begin new work with purpose. On December 28, 2004, I composed a multimedia and performance piece, Standing Waves in Shoaling Water. Written from the perspective of an American in the US attempting to get detailed accounts of the Tsunami, the piece calls for a single performer, world-band radio, tape recorders, bell and pre-recorded soundtracks. This audio work was first performed at Columbia College Chicago in January 2005. (2004-2005)
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Tags: arts, audio, chicago, columbia college chicago, composition, human, perspective, photographs, student, Teaching, time, tsunami, Video, water, world
