After image

The repeated film of a face is screened on the wall of the gallery in a loop projection. A photograph of the same face is in the natural light with a live camera projecting that on the wall of the gallery space across the loop projection. The projected image of the photograph is bright in daylight and dark, as it gets darker as the day progresses.

I projected my previous video “Artificial Respiration” on the wall, then I shot the projected video with a 35 mm photo camera in black and white while I shot the same video with a 16 mm film camera in black and white. In a loop projection, I screened the film on the wall of the gallery. For the still photo, I put the photograph in the natural light with a live camera projecting the live video on the wall of the gallery space across the loop projection. The sound of the shutter is also playing on a loop in the space, which is in sync with the blinking. Therefore the projected image of the photograph is bright in daylight and dark, as it gets darker as the day progresses until nighttime when the image is no longer visible. This process repeats itself each day. So there are two videos facing each other showing a man’s face.

I tried to rescue a recorded instant by offering an alternative life for it within a loop or a “live” video.

*Artificial Respiration: This video shows a close-up of a man’s face; he is looking at the camera and blinking. The consistency of his persistent gaze makes you wonder if the continuity of the action is a simulation. My intention was to create a moving, breathing image out of a recorded moment.