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Journey to an absolute vantage point

Michelle Deignan


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Artist's biography

Michelle Deignan

Synopsis

'Journey to an absolute vantage point', a two channel high definition video installation. One side of a hanging projection screen shows a black and white single shot film of three musicians playing a commissioned piece of music. On the other side of the screen a film, edited to the musicians music, depicts images from the gardens around Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin. The film's voiceover, spoken in English by a German actress, describes a meeting between a man and a woman whose goal it is to exchange information for unrevealed purposes. Part romance, part spy film, part documentary, this combination of film genres are fused with references to other artists and art works including Caspar David Friedrich, Beethoven and Alain Renais' 'Last Year at Marienbad'. The relationship between music, images and word shift and collide as clichéd sentiment and dramatic tension build the narrative around these characters that are never seen. After a pivotal moment in the story we trace back to the story's origins and the drama is dispersed and word, music and image begin again.' (Sourced from http://www.michelledeignan.info/ on June 6th 2016)

Details
Title

Journey to an absolute vantage point

Year

2009

Form

Short (loop)

Key phrases

romance, espionage, melodrama, loop, uncertainty, oscillations, film genres

Language

English (eng)

Duration

00:06:00 (looped)

Original formats

2 Channel HD Video Installation

Aspect ratio

16:9

Colour

Colour

Sound

Yes

Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, the Arts Council of Ireland and Visual Artists Ireland.
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