Film/Video
b e d e v i l e d (aka SIMOOM)
2019 | video | color & b/w | 20:00 min
Holly Fisher
Lois V Vierk
- For projection and installation
synopsis
Dragon bones and snakes embracing; skeletons in underwear, flying shoes and bug-eyed aliens are among the characters that comprise the annual NYC Halloween Parade — filmed and transformed into a subjective extra-terrestrial dreamscape. Fragmented, cyclic, and in continual flux, b e d e v i l e d is a collage in motion, grounded within a visible construct of open and ever-shifting frames. From early furtive sketches I’ve reworked my original Hi-8 video into a layered weave of images cut to phase between the imaginary and ‘reality’ — from Day of the Dead spectacle to clocks at play with light bulbs. The haunting music of avant-garde composer Lois V Vierk is performed by cellist Theodore Mook.
ANALOG, avant-garde, Bach, BONES, CELLO, collage, collage meditative, color study, consumer camera, DAY OF THE DEAD, DEMON, DEVIL, DOWNTOWN, DRAGON, duration, experimental, feminist, film frame, FIRE, formal, GHOST, GUY FAWKES, HALLOWEEN, handmade, HI-8, humor, improvisation, iPhone footage, layered, Lois V Vierk, LOWER MANHATTAN, MASK, materiality, meditative, MOOK, multi-layered, NEW YORK, NYC, PARADE, play, poetic, PUPPET, recycled footage, SIMOOM, SKELETON, structural, WEST VILLAGE, WINDOWS




