Immediate Self Image Through a Projected Medium (2017)
Installation; closed-circuit televisions, VHS video camera, S-video cord, RCA cables, RCA splitters
This installation was initially conceived in 2017 as one of my last installations exhibited at Scots College during my time there; a sculpture of 4 closed-circuit televisions relaying the image of what a video camera installed on top was observing and expressing; that which approached the sculpture in real-time. It was installed at the end of the CPAC Arts corridor, facing all those who walked in front of such, thus everyone was confronted with having to experience their own immediate appearance through a digital projection. I watched as groups of boys danced in front of it, some shied away, others took selfies in the sculpture, employing such like a mirror, some looked curiously at the details of the technological structure, others laughed, were confused, or became withdrawn. This is what interested me; knowing that most students were familiar with encountering a digital image of themselves (considering the rampant normalcy of Snapchat and social media etc., or reflecting on an image in post tense), yet wanting to question how we would engage with seeing ourselves projected involving time in its immediate sense.
The original manifestation came about after I had finished and handed in my Level 3 Photography portfolio, wanting to further similar thoughts and concepts of mine beyond the media of photographic practices into a more interactive, physical, and contextual medium of video installation.
Drawing influence from the use of the static televisions which I employed for my photographic portfolio, the video installation consisted of 4 CRT televisions. On top of the TV sculpture I had attached a VHS camera, of which the top TV was connected with by an S-video cord. When the VHS camera was turned on, the TV would broadcast the live image of whatever the camera was facing. The televisions underneath the broadcasting TV relayed the source also, connected by RCA cords and splitters, with flickering static noise in varying brightness’s; the screens becoming dimmer as the sculpture progressed downwards, until the bottom TV screen remained completely black.
Since its initial conception, I have since exhibited this same installation in a number of different contexts. At parties, gigs, in the Weir House corridor, and most recently at the Artists Opening Party for the 2020 Wellington Performance Arcade.
Available for acquisition is Self Portrait with Immediate Self Image Through a Projected Medium (2017), pigmented inkjet print on found paper, 25 x 20.2 cm
Immediate Self Image Through a Projected Medium (2017)
Installation; closed-circuit televisions, VHS video camera, S-video cord, RCA cables, RCA splitters
This installation was initially conceived in 2017 as one of my last installations exhibited at Scots College during my time there; a sculpture of 4 closed-circuit televisions relaying the image of what a video camera installed on top was observing and expressing; that which approached the sculpture in real-time. It was installed at the end of the CPAC Arts corridor, facing all those who walked in front of such, thus everyone was confronted with having to experience their own immediate appearance through a digital projection. I watched as groups of boys danced in front of it, some shied away, others took selfies in the sculpture, employing such like a mirror, some looked curiously at the details of the technological structure, others laughed, were confused, or became withdrawn. This is what interested me; knowing that most students were familiar with encountering a digital image of themselves (considering the rampant normalcy of Snapchat and social media etc., or reflecting on an image in post tense), yet wanting to question how we would engage with seeing ourselves projected involving time in its immediate sense.
The original manifestation came about after I had finished and handed in my Level 3 Photography portfolio, wanting to further similar thoughts and concepts of mine beyond the media of photographic practices into a more interactive, physical, and contextual medium of video installation.
Drawing influence from the use of the static televisions which I employed for my photographic portfolio, the video installation consisted of 4 CRT televisions. On top of the TV sculpture I had attached a VHS camera, of which the top TV was connected with by an S-video cord. When the VHS camera was turned on, the TV would broadcast the live image of whatever the camera was facing. The televisions underneath the broadcasting TV relayed the source also, connected by RCA cords and splitters, with flickering static noise in varying brightness’s; the screens becoming dimmer as the sculpture progressed downwards, until the bottom TV screen remained completely black.
Since its initial conception, I have since exhibited this same installation in a number of different contexts. At parties, gigs, in the Weir House corridor, and most recently at the Artists Opening Party for the 2020 Wellington Performance Arcade.
Available for acquisition is Self Portrait with Immediate Self Image Through a Projected Medium (2017), pigmented inkjet print on found paper, 25 x 20.2 cm
