Structural Constellation
Structural Constellation is the second of three 'locational' works that applies grids and systems inherent within the mechanics of film, to grids and systems in architecture. In this work we were interested in examining flatness, considering both positive and negative shapes as equally important an idea challenged in twentieth century painting. Starting with an action, in this case the gesture of performing a 360 degree walking rotation with a camera, we have broken down the linear perspective of the vanishing point of a New York street corner into a film strip grid of distinct photographs.
We have reworked this material through a system of spiralling repetitions that play across three screens to reinforce the cyclical nature of the original performative gesture. These create permutations across the screens that are self exhausting and which gain in depth the longer one stays with the work. Set against the pleasure of looking, the optical-mechanical installation transforms the viewer’s perception of immediate physical space through films.