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In the Picture project the video installation has a multiplicity of functions and roles. It acts as a two and three dimensional backdrop, a visual vocal piece, and a living photograph of the performance as it progresses. The video is projected onto a twelve story grain terminal and is 100 feet high. The resulting scale of the image is other worldly, while the images projected are recognizable and familiar. The content of the video imagery is a mix of live feeds and pre-recorded tape. It functions as a formal investigation of the grain silo structure, an interactive landscape for the aerial dancers and a location to give voice to the community. The video includes interiors of the grain terminals, interviews with community members, portraits of local labor, dialogues about urban development, gentrification and environmental hazards. The purpose of the video is to provide a window, a wall, a wellspring, and a gigantic sign to be read for the local community and their neighbors.
Large scale electronic visual images have come to dominate our urban landscapes. Whether ephemeral billboards, kinetic LED screens, video advertisements on department store facades. Love them or hate them, we cannot help but be engaged by these images. Using these strategies the Picture Project draws attention to the issues and challenges faced by urban neighborhoods that are often ignored.
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