“The Haruspex” animations, 2016
kidney readings (small bowls)
single-channel 4k video
1m32s loop
note: These videos accompany the work “the haruspex”. The videos are made using a process of stop-motion animation: first sculptures of solid composite objects are made, composed of found objects, resin, and fragments of plastic detritus salvaged from the ocean and beaches of the north atlantic coast. then the surface of these objects is planed away, micron layer by micron layer, incrementally removed, and photographed between each layer. These photographs are then stitched together into a continuous video, seen below. As part of the larger “haruspex project”, I then “read” these video objects as a haruspex would read the liver and kidneys of a bird to divine the future.
liver reading (large bowl)
single-channel 4k video
3m312s loop
Below is a clip from the Taiwan public television program “new media art now”, episode 7, which documents the process by which these videos were produced:
untitled oak slab, 2015
single-channel 4k video
46s loop