| Work Type: | video projection | | Work Sub Type: | b/w video projection | | Text: | CLICK here: for related Location | | Date of work: | 1997 | | Materials: | medium: b/w video projection
| | Measurements: | duration: 15 min
| | Subject: | video, documentation, experimentation, wind, objects, every-day, ready-made, weather, collaboration, random, motion, movement, space, environment, individuality, fragments, erratic, journey, dance, trajectory, encounter | | Technique: | objects are filmed blowing randomly in the wind and shown as a b/w video | | Collection: | Liverpool Biennial
| | | Description: | The Russian artists Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky have been working together on a film, Incidents depicting objects blown in the wind along the streets of Chelsea in New York. After a few moments of watching the random motion of these fragments from daily life, buffeted along the gutter, their trajectories begin to look like the actions of individuals. The objects are transformed into highly individual characters, dancing and encountering each other before continuing on with their erratic journeys. [MORE][LESS]The Russian artists Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky have been working together on a film, Incidents depicting objects blown in the wind along the streets of Chelsea in New York. After a few moments of watching the random motion of these fragments from daily life, buffeted along the gutter, their trajectories begin to look like the actions of individuals. The objects are transformed into highly individual characters, dancing and encountering each other before continuing on with their erratic journeys. | | | Source: | "Trace, 1st Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art", Festival catalogue | | | Date of source: | 1999 | |
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