Geomerics
is a departture from the slide image as a photograph. The
kinetic nature of projecting slide sequences was exploited
and the imagery consisted of black and white shapes.
While
playing with the motor-wind on my 35mm Nikon, I wondered if
I could "film" objects in motion by holding down
the shutter release. The camera could take 4 shots per second,
and if I could trigger 4 slide projectors at the same rate,
the action could be replayed. The concept worked and Kinesis
was presented as a 20 minute performance using 3 screens,
8 slide projectors and a video component.
The
first incarnaton and creation of the TEST: members. The design
of the space used 8 screens and 8 slide projectors in a circular
format. The imagery was made up of over 1600 images that I
had shot in 30 different countries. It was presented in an
installation format with the sound and projector controls
running from a single Macintosh computer.