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The Wait. (2010)
I was awarded a six month residency with ArtShape/ Garas, to create new works, and to provide creative workshops for Refugees and Asylum seekers in the Barton Street area. At that time this was the most culturally diverse area in Europe with over 82 different languages spoken.
In conversations, the concept of time distortion, displacement of time, and lack of distinct time
kept arising. I wanted to create a work that mirrored this, to create a representation of this disruption of percieved linear time through animation. I intended to provide an attentive audience with a phenomenological window in to this experience.
I filmed the simple Ikea Wall Clock that hung in the communal Garas tea area. I multiplied this footage and set them phase in and out of synch before returning to thier original natural states. The piece is durational, and encourges viewers to focus on thier experiences and thoughts throughout it's running time.
In conversations, the concept of time distortion, displacement of time, and lack of distinct time
kept arising. I wanted to create a work that mirrored this, to create a representation of this disruption of percieved linear time through animation. I intended to provide an attentive audience with a phenomenological window in to this experience.
I filmed the simple Ikea Wall Clock that hung in the communal Garas tea area. I multiplied this footage and set them phase in and out of synch before returning to thier original natural states. The piece is durational, and encourges viewers to focus on thier experiences and thoughts throughout it's running time.
