Baby Dream II

Baby Dream II

2001, New Zealand/UK, 16mm, colour, silent, 5 min.

The projected image is constructed from deteriorated colour film (old loops from the installation Little Girl), the agitated rhythm of the movements of colour and form underscore the movement of the spectator and the rapid eye movement. To reinforce the movement the film was edited in a series of micro-loops, similar material was assembled to create a sense of progression and familiarity with the image, brief passages of figurative material were kept as a sort of visual counterpoint to the flow of the abstract colour sections. This duality of material seems to change the speed of the images we perceive a double dynamic dynamics produced within the same material.  This work was originally shown as a film installation, projected onto a screen made from gelatin.