I created "Telescope" in the Fall of 2007 with the assistance of Bev Wilson. Bev and I made the N-train trek to Coney Island to collect footage and sounds. "Telescope" explores the fragmentary and mesmerizing nature of memory. Images and words interweave to tell the story of a fixated voyeur from her own perspective. "Telescope" is comprised solely of still images. The vastness and clarity of each image is echoed in the expansive sound of the wind. This is the story of an individ
ual isolated and disjoined from society, from an old lover, even from her own experiences. As the viewer experiences the voyeur's gaze, one comes to understand "Telescope" as the mutable
expression of memory. What are our relationships to past experiences? How is memory constructed? Is memory a movement, a frozen image, a fragmented phrase repeated? Or, is memory a landscape altered and haunted by our own sub-conscious? I am thrilled to report that "Telescope" will be included in the
NSSR Memory Conference "Is an Interdisciplinary Field of Memory Studies Possible?" to be held February 7-9, 2008 at the New School for Social Research.
(Photos in this post by Bev Wilson)
ual isolated and disjoined from society, from an old lover, even from her own experiences. As the viewer experiences the voyeur's gaze, one comes to understand "Telescope" as the mutable
expression of memory. What are our relationships to past experiences? How is memory constructed? Is memory a movement, a frozen image, a fragmented phrase repeated? Or, is memory a landscape altered and haunted by our own sub-conscious? I am thrilled to report that "Telescope" will be included in the NSSR Memory Conference "Is an Interdisciplinary Field of Memory Studies Possible?" to be held February 7-9, 2008 at the New School for Social Research.
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