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018 FILM AS ARCHITECTURE - +

PROJECT: Filmlightbody, 2016

SITE: The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

CONCEPT:
Material vs immaterial
Building as a light box
The layers of archives
Sculpture as light works 
The vertical film strips, working against the form of the building 
Deconstructions of the horizontal viewing space of the gallery
The human body's relationship to the space
Sculptural representations within the collection
Architecture as an organic changing moving space 
The value of historical collections
Types of works collected
The public role of art

PROCESS: 
Research the National Portrait Gallery Collection 
Site documentation
Template implementation 
Video edit 
Video layering
Mapping onto site 

MEDIUM: 
Light work installation 
HD Digital video loop 

MATERIALS: 
4 X Barco projectors 
Play back device