Five self-curated, self-produced art pieces interpreting slow motion as a device used to reval the unnoticed.

JULY 06 -AUGUST 08,

2010VISUAL ARTS

GALLERY601

WEST 26TH ST.

NY, NY

POSTERINVITATION

A unique gallery experience created by 3 graphic designers: Kirstin Huber, Louis Liu and Kevin Wang.All self-curated, self-produced art pieces interpreting slow motion as a device used to reveal the unnoticed.

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MISSION STATEMENT

The Slow Motion Show is a thesis collaboration between three design students:Kirstin Huber, Louis Liu and Kevin Wang. The show contains a series of self-curated, self-produced art pieces.

It is a synthesis of different points of view and forms of design thinking. Each piece displays the entire life of an object or its process in which the lens of slow motion alters our perception of the object’s generally assumed meaning. In today’s fast-paced world, information is excessive and we’ve gotten used to having instant access to it.

Especially in big cities like New York, people are so busy and overwhelmed with the day-to-day that they may overlook the beauty in certain rituals and routines.

The young artists at SVA (and college students, in general) often tend to lose touch in this way. While we are students too, in observing the various cultures and disciplines surrounding us we are able to see beyond the scope of traditional graphic design.

The purpose of this show is to present a broader viewpoint of simple moments, in order to better understand their importance.

THE CONTENT

OF THE SHOW

INTERPRETS SLOW

MOTION AS A

DEVICE USED TO

REVEAL THE

UNNOTICED.

GALLERYVIEWS

5 SECONDS, 2010DIGITAL COLLAGE,

PRINTED ON PAPER

WATCHINGPAINT DRY, 2010

LIVE PERFORMANCE,RUNTIME02:00:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 2010PROJECTED

VIDEO INSTALLATIONRUNTIME00:04:20

GINSENG TEA, 2009VIDEO INSTALLATION

RUNTIME00:10:02

ABOUT CHECKLIST HAppY BIrTHdAY A grid of slow motion

videos, each approxi-mately sixty seconds in duration. Close-ups of people singing “Happy Birthday” with unexpected expres-sions on their faces.

WATCHING pAINT drY

A performance piece in which a person paints a wall, watches it dry, then paints it again, watches it dry again, etc. Approxi-mately sixty minutes.

MAKING GINSENG TEA

A close-up video of making ginseng tea from scratch, focus-ing on the beauty of each ingredient, then played back in re-verse. Approximately nine minutes.

SLOW MOTION ExquISITE

COrpSE

Three paper letters (and respective envelopes) that were sent around the world as a process of completing a poem or drawing one line at a time.

WHAT CAN HAppEN IN 5 SECONdS?

A series of images, depicting two people passing on the street; a study of time pass-ing. A supplementary timeline gives another perspective of what is actually happening.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

SLOWMOTION

EXQUISITECORPSE

MAKINGGINSENG

TEA

WATCHINGPAINT

DRY

INFIVE

SECONDS

LOGO TYPE

TREATMENTAND

GIVEAWAYPINS

GIFT SHOP ITEM:FILM CAMERA.

A TANGIBLE ITEMTHAT IS NOT INSTANT