Witness 2000
Each speaker in the installation transmits a voice describing the experience of an encounter with UFOs or creatures from other spheres. A wide variety of languages represent testimonies from all over the world.
voices... how many people head straight to find a speaker which is the language they understand?
interesting... hear the same witness telling their story through different speakers at the same time as you move around the space.
which speaker dominates?
room full of people.. become aware of real space when you look round and realise your the only person in the room
no denying that the installation is aesthetically pleasing. dream, space like. alien. technology. science. avatar. pathway through speakers leads to the middle- spotlight. spaceship.
imagined, real or hallucinatory, the stories i listened to but cant remember. the work, not about the information being told but the whole experience of hearing it... beyond the rational.
PSI Girls 1999
features imagery from films of girls with telekinetic powers. Synchronized moments of high tension when the girls use their psychic powers to move objects.
sound... important feature. volume reaches a crescendo, a familiar cinematic device to increase tension, ending abruptly with white noise.
Matilda- unusual to see the scene without hearing the soundtrack, little bitty pretty one, song immediately holds connection with the film. light-hearted in comparison to the more serious, sinister mood of the other films.
An Entertainment 1990
four wall projection was devised as a formal necessity to immerse the viewer in the work and emphasise the horror and violence of a popular children's entertainment.
definitely become immersed in the work especially towards the end... movement of pattern. allusion.
horror and violence but strangely comforting. pattern, colour, sounds- happiness. youth. fairgrounds. entertainment. play