'Gene Sequence I'
This projected piece interweaves current genetic terminology with self-made and appropriated images so that genetic terms are redeployed and given given a new context according to the preceding and proceeding images. The monotone soundtrack creates a sense of unease which serves to snap the viewer quickly back from the punctuated humour. An alternative soundtrack has also been produced with solo cello, which rings an air of sorrow amid the dark humour. The piece is designed to provoke thought around current issues in genetic engineering and also to interject a little human irony into the system. Transition times are slower when shown in full-scale original projection.
'Das Lied von der Erde'
This projected piece interweaves current genetic terminology with self-made and appropriated images so that genetic terms are redeployed and given given a new context according to the preceding and proceeding images. The monotone soundtrack creates a sense of unease which serves to snap the viewer quickly back from the punctuated humour. An alternative soundtrack has also been produced with solo cello, which rings an air of sorrow amid the dark humour. The piece is designed to provoke thought around current issues in genetic engineering and also to interject a little human irony into the system. Transition times are slower when shown in full-scale original projection.
'Das Lied von der Erde'
(created for and shown at The International Mahler Festival, Klagenfurt, Austria, 2010)
This is a large-scale projection commissioned to accompany the composition of Gustav Mahler's 'Das Lied von der Erde' (60 minutes performed live at the International Mahler Festival). The transitions of the original are smooth and non-pixelated. On this site the piece is best viewed in small scale and not full screen.
I have speeded up the time lapses (reduced now to 10 minutes total viewing time). The images were created to work in unison with the performance and they reference the original Chinese texts that inspired Mahler to create 'Das Lied von der Erde'.
Shown in original, the transitional states between preceding and proceeding images are six times longer, creating a third composite image which remains long enough for the human brain to perceive a 'new' image. The ability of the human mind to perceive faces in random objects, is called Pariedolia, a condition that constantly suprises, thrills and sometimes haunts. The transition phases and some of the stand alone images have been created to prompt this phenomenon. In effect the viewer will see what he/she wants to see; often as the subconscious wills.
Historically, Mahler's conception of Das Lied von der Erde was created through a process of translation, first from Hans Bethge's original translation of ancient Chinese poetry into German and then from Mahler's own interpretations of those translations. In effect a process of Chinese whispers.
In this projected piece I endeavoured to forge a relationship between the concrete, the abstract and the perceived or imagined.
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