I’ve begun to use these two terms in narrowing down my project, hopefully grounding it a little.
projection as a medium and re-enactment as a mediation or process
I have been working with recording myself in the studio, projecting back onto the studio and attempting to re-enact myself, this time on a life-size scale. Rather than attempting to synch or align myself in proximity, like a shadow, I have been facing myself, as if it was a mirror. I have been positioning viewers on the side of the projection, so they are watching me awkwardly mimicking my image, rather then watching the projection in conventional projector – screen format.
However I find people still tend to focus on my projected self, rather than the live me, acting out the pre-recorded me. People have commented its easier to look at the projection than at myself, even when I’m directly responding to them. I’m interested in continuing to layer footage, hopefully further conflating what is pre-recorded and what is live, what is the original action and what is a re-enactment.
I have been working with recording myself in the studio, projecting back onto the studio and attempting to re-enact myself, this time on a life-size scale. Rather than attempting to synch or align myself in proximity, like a shadow, I have been facing myself, as if it was a mirror. I have been positioning viewers on the side of the projection, so they are watching me awkwardly mimicking my image, rather then watching the projection in conventional projector – screen format.
However I find people still tend to focus on my projected self, rather than the live me, acting out the pre-recorded me. People have commented its easier to look at the projection than at myself, even when I’m directly responding to them. I’m interested in continuing to layer footage, hopefully further conflating what is pre-recorded and what is live, what is the original action and what is a re-enactment.
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