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| MISSING LINK (1999)
MISSING_LINK – atlas of videostills (montage: left and right hand- and footcamera perspectives) <> OUTER_SPACE © angelika middendorf |
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| >> german MISSING LINK, 1999/2003 1-channel video, 1999. Digibeta, 3’24 min, color, surround sound, PAL. Presentation variable: screening, monitor 2-channel Video, 2003. 2 DVDs, 2’29 min, color, hydrophone sound, PAL. Presentation variable: 2-channel screening, video-installation with 2 monitors MISSING_LINK is a journey through a different perception (space) –. The title missing link is a certain term in human sciences, in biology as well as in cyberspace, and describes the missing reference in the chain of evolution, derivation and information. The in- and outpoint scene of the video starts and ends with a black sequence and shows gradually the suction of an underwater stream. A hand becomes visible, which is the starting point of a chronological swimming sequence of four swimming disciplines.The two and four channel video version alternate in showing simultaneously the perspectives of hands and feet.The invisible body axle becomes perceptable through swimming sound, which has been recorded by hydrophones, which were positioned on the ears of the swimmers . >> installation view
Realisation of MISSING_LINK with kind support of Anne Wiesner (swimmer), Stefan Dersch (swimmer), Harry Baehr (sports-scientist at the Olympic Training Center in Berlin), Klaus Kliche, Institute for Biomechanics / Olympic Training Center Hamburg, Andreas Schimanski, Daniel Kong, Katrin Lock, Albrecht Kunkel, and Academy of Media Arts Cologne, especially Valie Export, Antony Moore, Ivar Smedstad, Judith Nordbrock, Heiko Diekmeier, Dirk Holzberg. |
