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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Disappearing Body
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:53:43 -0400 (EDT)
Disappearing Body http://www.alansondheim.org/whirl.mov Mark Esper's Two-Tone Enlightenment work forms the basis of this short video. The screen presents shadows as positive, not negative; infrared light forms the projection source which is read and interpreted by revolving LEDs. The body disappears. In the video, I imitated the effect using video echo in an attempt to erase the body almost entirely. Mark's piece is brilliant, and the video is a byproduct; I take advantage of the illumination to create a somewhat clumsy series of movements. Thus the mechanical is made virtual, and the virtual made mechanical; such reversals form the core of theory povera.