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.
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