Episodes from the Secret Life(1982)
"Two visions of the world being viewed simultaneously." - Barry Gerson Poetic structure created through masking out of two separate images juxtaposing opposite motions, resulting in two visions of the world being viewed simultaneously. Our ideas about space and time, and about what and how we perceive are challenged.
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"Two visions of the world being viewed simultaneously." - Barry Gerson Poetic structure created through masking out of two separate images juxtaposing opposite motions, resulting in two visions of the world being viewed simultaneously. Our ideas about space and time, and about what and how we perceive are challenged.
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1982-06-15
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