KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–
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Video began as a medium that inspired discovery. This art documentary traces the expressive roots of “media art” in Japan — works of video, performances, and installations created using video technology that allowed for free and creative visual expression.
A bare foot rests on the monitor, while at the same time the screen of the same monitor shows another foot. This picture, however, is upside-down (suggesting a mirror effect) so as to hint that both feet are one and the same. Consequently this symmetry partly conceals the contrast between the two...
Two faces, in fact two silhouettes, are outlined against a monochromic background. They nod, interchange, underline their soundless talk with gestures of the hand. The gesticulating hands contribute to the communicative role ‘breath’ plays
