Tracing (red and black fish holding still)

single channel video
2007

Tracing (red and black fish holding still) is part of a project in which I am mapping the undulating motions of jellyfish and other sea creatures using a video effect called motion tracking. Motion tracking allows you to create a motion “path” based on the location of a chosen point within your video image as it moves over the duration of the clip. By applying a paint effect to the resulting path, I generate a kind of tracing.

Work in limbo

Shell insides

2003
dimensions variable
cast latex rubber

This series of sculptures was made by creating casts from the inside of shells. The flexible rubber casts can be handled, twisted, and stretched.

Shell insides - detail 1

detail
2003
approx. 4” x 1” x 1”
cast latex rubber

Shell insides - detail 2

detail
2003
approx. 2” x 2” x 2”
cast latex rubber

Observations - installation diagram

installation diagram
2004
dimensions variable
ant farm, surveillance camera, live video projection, corrugated plastic, wood, etc.

Observations consisted of a transparent maze-like structure that controlled how viewers moved through the installation. After entering through a marked opening, viewers found a shelf containing an ant farm at the end of the first corridor. A small camera mounted behind the ant farm transmitted a live video to a projector in the next room. Because of the physical separation between the ant farm and the live video projection, viewers could not watch themselves watching the ant farm, but could watch others that entered after they did (second image).

Observations - detail, hallway

detail, hallway
2004
dimensions variable (walls are 8' high)
corrugated plastic, wood, etc.