Radius Performance

Shadows in Flight
Video
1'06"

Ah, yes...the Radius Cafe. I dreaded the thought of performing "art" in front of a bunch of strangers. I guess I'm just not that brave...and to be honest, I couldn't think of anything to do that seemed remotely interesting to me, much less anyone else. So I was really glad to have the option of making a video. I knew I wanted to keep it in the spirit of performance so after kicking around a couple of ideas I finally decided to perform shadow puppets of birds in flight and juxtapose my performance with documentary imagery of the real thing...birds in flight (thank you prelinger archives!) I layered the imagery together so as to make them seem they were happening concurrently. I also added some subtle color in the background, taken from my color theory class's nebula color installation, which happened to work perfectly, suggesting shimmery landscapes beneath my shadows. I am happy with the result, although after seeing some of my classmates' performances that night I felt a little regretful that I hadn't performed it live along with them. But just a little...I think I did my fair share as an impromptu accordianist. If you were there, you know what I mean.