Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Library Day!

As an attempt to start as I mean to go on, I've had my head in various books and magazines for most of the afternoon. I'm pretty lucky to be able to get hold of multiple leading magazines in the modern and contemporary arts, such as Frieze, Elephant, Raw, Aesthetica, etc from the College library.

I found a review of Polish artist Christian Tomaszewski that caught my eye, after trolling through pages of works that are of little interest to me (although some looked pretty, aw).
"...The 20-odd-minute long videos included original footage of interiors and locations from which Tomaszewski removed nearly all traces of life, digitally erasing both the actors and the dialogue. What is left are austere, desolate shots that possess a haunting stillness." (Taken directly from Frieze magazine article)

Discovering his "Erased" works, almost felt like someone had stolen my thoughts, and progessed on with my work! I feel like I am doing this with the found photographs, but in still rather than moving image.

(screen shots of Erased)

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