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| Frank Hesse / Projects / 75 slides (2004) |
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| Slide installation »75 slides«,
Blaue Kugel, Hamburg, 24.3.2004 |
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Slide-installation with two projectors
and a digital control panel. Loop, 12 minutes.
The images were taken in perfect darkness. The procedure is
orientated on Rodney Graham's »75 Polaroids« but
instead of faltering through wild vegetation, I am groping
my way around a Library. When I take a shot with my camera
the integrated flash illuminates my immediate environment,
and at the same time the film in my camera is being exposed.
Then, despite the resistance of the reproduction on my retina,
which assigns me a position in space, I can take a couple
of steps. As soon as I find myself in uncertain territory
I take another shot.
I project the pictures thus produced at intervals that correspond
precisely to the lapses between the original exposures. The
cinematic effect is strengthened by the way the images are
projected, which corresponds to the experience of taking them.
The photos appear to be over-blended at first and soon fade
to a glimmer.
I projected the images onto a milky windowpane at an exhibition
in the »Blaue Kugel«. Inside, the images were
the wrong way round, viewed from the street however, they
were correct.
Translation: Philip Jacobs |
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