“Folded Follies” by Van McElwee

Title:

Folded Follies

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Filmmaker, Video Artist, or Animator(s):



• Van McElwee

Symposium:

• ISEA95: Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• Cinéma Paralléle, Montreal, Canada

Artist Statement:

This is an improvisation on Bernard Tschumi’s deconstructionist follies at Parc La Villette in Paris. The structures, which the architect has described as “post-humanist”, are translated into moving video images and subjected to a radical transformation. Unusual demands are made of the recording capability of the medium, as video and audio signals are pushed to extremes, and the follies are literally folded in time.

Category:

• Screening
• Video Art