MEMORY, 2001.

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MEMORY, 2001.

Memory consists of four crystalline screens displaying rear projections of appropriated video on and through their surfaces. The free standing screens [formed by the application and evaporation of chemical solutions onto Lexan sheets] measure 30” in diameter and resemble large looking glasses or Petri dishes.

The video installation presents viewers with a visual representation of human cognitive data retrieval, or memory. The processing and playback of visual data is presented as a series of documentary videos projected through crystalline screens. The planes of the crystals capture, filter and display video sent from data projectors. Here, the conversion of light to image is juxtaposed with the neurological transformation of stored electrical impulses into visual representation.

Entering the installation space, the viewer encounters a cacophony of sounds and images emanating from four independent “screening” units, each one projecting different documentary videos on-loan from the public library. The screens are charged with iconographical footage of the Holocaust, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and cold-war America. The visual and auditory messages sent through the individual units waver between harmony and discord as they vie for the viewer’s attention.

As the projections pass through the crystal screens, light is refracted and, at times, recognizable images are reduced to burst of color and intermittent darkness. Viewers that walk close to the screens become screens themselves as light breaks through the crystals and images materialize on the viewer’s body. In this way, the viewer becomes an active participant in the memorialization of the events.