Tessa's proposal for a project that may or may note be made

Wednesday, November.22

A project that may or may not be made

What will it be?

an installation based on the video I’ve been working on for the EYE: in the video there are six iterations of an object (paper, cloth) falling down the stairs (cgi). each iteration lasts for about 30 seconds. the camera follows this falling object into a white void - after which the camera pulls back to reveal that the ‘void’ is a screen in another ‘void’. the camera turns to the right where we see the same setting where we started (the room with the staircase). the camera moves forward to go back to its start position and the next iteration begins.

Why do you want to make it?

- my work consists of installations where a spectator would move through, this physical aspect being essential in the relation to the cgi based videos - a question that keeps coming back throughout working on the EYE project: how to translate this notion to the cinema context? (single screen, and the body remaining seated - not alone)

- to propose the opposite question that’s relevant to the project that may or may not be made: how to translate the cinematic context back to the spatial context? (multiple screens, the body free to move around in the space - and in more solitude).

- has the concept of the video changed since it has gone through multiple stages of translation?

- is there a preferred version?

- how will each alteration influence the physical space of the installation? (for example: in one iteration a plant is added to the scene, will the plant be present in the physical space?)

Describe the stages needed to make it

STAGE ONE

make video. observe video. observe video in screening, make notes.

STAGE TWO

depends on the notes made in first stage.