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Artist: Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock [GAS artist] |
| Exhibition: Personal Space |
| Date: June 16 2004 - July 31 2004 |
Curator: Lea Rekow
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Bio:
A Response to a Set of Conditions, looped DVD, total running time 2 minutes 49 seconds
A Response to a Set of Conditions is a silent film diptych comprised of super8 films shot in a morgue.
The patterns of behavior depicted in the film intuitively utilize the morgue as a studio for developing awareness of gross and fine motor skills (left film) and acquiring knowledge through perception (right film).
Gross motor skills refer to the use of large muscles groups in activities, whereas fine motor skills refer to small muscle coordination required for delicate tasks.
The realtime linguistic game presented in the right half of the diptych demonstrates cognition through the process of discerning new word structures from labels on pathology sample containers.
The routines: (left film) Circumnavigate the morgue with a pencil balanced on the end of a ruler. Hold raised, extended legs in front of the Wastemaster sink disposal grinder. Grasp a bucket of pathology samples and maintain arm in horizontal position. Negotiate figure eights around floor drains with a luggage cart loaded with an empty cardboard box. Twirl a bone chisel with one hand. Spin to the point of dizziness on a swivel chair. Turn a radio dial rapidly back and forth from one end of the spectrum to the other. Keep a roll of surgical tape moving constantly. Walk figure eights around floor drains with fingers. Repeatedly unbutton and button top two buttons of shirt. (Right film) Find latent sentences within labels on pathology sample containers.
Unmoving, 2004, 4 framed 8 x 10 gelatin silver contact prints
Unmoving is a panorama comprised of 6 photographs made in the morgue over the course of a day. Although the panorama is noticeably empty and still, the space was active during the day. The photographs were made during the time in-between numerous autopsies.
Phantom/Fountain, 2004, 36.722 x 54.069, type C print mounted to Plexiglas and Sintra
Phantom/Fountain is a mouthful of water spat at a camera held at arms length in the morgue.
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