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SUPPRESSING THE DREAM, 2001
Digital
video, 4 min 49 sec
Suppressing
the Dream is an investigation into aspects of memory.
By utilizing footage I shot of an open-heart surgery,
my intent was to examine memory behavior under anesthesia.
Specifically, how are traumatic experiences suppressed
by the mind? Amazingly, as beings we can consciously
or unconsciously extricate an experience from our
immediate recollection in order to function.
Interlaced
with the heart surgery, is previously classified military
footage of nuclear weapons testing sites. The continuous
pulse created by the cross-fade of each footage source
at one-second intervals serves to inform the idea
of memory being recalled or suppressed over time.
Featured at:
Werkstätten und Kulturhaus, Austria
18th Annual Film Arts Festival, San Francisco
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
Microcinema International world tour: New York, Chicago,
Texas, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Santa Cruz,
France, and Mexico
Edition
of 4 Iris prints [18" x 12"] created from
video still seen at right; two of which are in private
collections.
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