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An installation which recreates an environment in which the line between fiction and reality become blurred. Here a recorded image is projected from a rotating tripod on to a large circle, suspended approximately two meters off the ground. The rotating image projected on to the translucent screen can be seen from both the outside of the circle and, as one enters, from the inside.
The projection of a musical jam session which was held elsewhere was recorded using a digital video camera mounted onto the same rotating tripod. The recording continued to circle from left to right at a 20 second rotation. The video was later edited and slowed down to played back at a speed of 25 seconds per revolution. Likewise the rotation of the tripod is slowed to match the reduced speed.
The result of the matching speed is that the environment from the recorded event registers as a fixed space within the new projected environment. All fixed elements in the recorded space, such as a window, light switch, or painting remain stationary on the screen as the projection rotates past, constructing a virtual recreation of the original recorded space. However, all movements and audio in the projection play back at a slightly unnatural tempo due to the reduced speed of the film.
The subtlety of this split between time and space skews one's sense of reality. The work hovers between authenticity and fiction. There is an immediate recondition of artifice, yet moments when its plausibility are entertained, allowing the viewer to explore their perceptions of reality.