June 1 (Saturday), 2002, 8 pm
Artist talk with Jordan Crandall on the Trigger
Project
The "Trigger Project" continues. The New York artist
and media theorist
Jordan Crandall presents the development and theory
of his latest dual projection
installation "Trigger" here in Oldenburg.
The exhibition began with a workshop on filming "Trigger"
and has turned our
exhibition hall into a film set for the duration
of the show. The concept of
the new work, process and results of the workshop
can be seen in the upper
exhibition hall. "Trigger" has two soldiers in each
other’s sights, hunting.
The camera is equal to a weapon and the "Trigger"
takes on the metaphor of the
impulse that ‚takes the shot‘ - both in concrete
action as well as
indifferent and individually loaded emotions.
Crandall’s works have stunningly concrete parallels
with the actual
political situation. "Armed Vision", a term Crandall
uses in his writing, can also be
said to describe the subject of his work with new
media. Our vision is being
increasingly ‘militarized‘. Military technologies
have as much an influence
on society as do the media. The images of surveillance
and night vision
cameras, hidden cameras and, above all, reports from
the front – filmed with
highly specialized military technologies – influence
our everyday life and convey
a feeling of security and control over a world that
seems out of control.
The hype to take action and fight rises and the chances
of success seem to
be in reach when specialized technologies visualize
the hits. Tension and
desire are heightened while the battle takes on many
forms – ‘fight against
terror‘, the battle of the sexes or the battle within
oneself.
Jordan Crandall: Trigger Project
April 7 – June 9, 2002
Edith Russ Site for Media Art
Katharinenstraße 23
26121 Oldenburg
Germany
t. +49 (0)441 / 235- 32 08
f. +49 (0)441 / 235 - 21 61