"Three large-scale panels of projected video images form a configuration based on the triptych alterpiece. The left panel shows an image of a young woman in the process of giving birth. The right panel shows an image of an old woman in the process of dying. Both are documents of actual events. The central panel shows an image of a clothed man underwater moving through alternate stages of turbulence and undulating stillness, held in fragile suspension before an indistinct, shadowy space, suspended between birth and death."
I have not seen the installation, but I can image having a strong emotional response to the work. Video is something I have always been interested in, but never really experimented with. I highly value the medium in comparison to photography for a few reasons: the sheer volume of footage and the amount of thought/preparation that goes into each scene. I respect actual film more because I think of each frame as a photograph, and sometimes, it takes millions of "photographs" to make one film. One of my professors, Gina Rymarcsuk, suggested I take a film class because I might just love it more than photography. I have yet to do so, but I have been contemplating purchasing my own video camera. I guess if I am going to tackle my studio work from every angle possible, video might have to take precedent one of these days.
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