Dec 8 -
Janine Antoni and Paul Ramirez Jonas
Always New, Always Familiar
The work consists of two videos. The large, project image that fills the far wall was filmed by Antoni from the front of a boat moving across the ocean. The image shows the path directly ahead of the boat, a seemingly endless seascape. It i an exhilarating and inspiring point of view embodying anticipation for the journey and unknown potentialities of what lies ahead.
Ramirez Jonas shot the second image simultaneously from the back of the boat Playing on a monitor inset into the bottom of the larger image, this view of the white-capped trail left in the boat’s wake. Here, the immediate and quickly receding pat evokes a sense of longing as the waves, like memories, eventually loose their shape and definition. The sounds coming from speakers positioned at the front and back of the room correspond to the images and the part of the boat where they were filmed so that the sound of the boat’s engine is heard towards the back of the room and the rushing sound of wind and breaking waves is heard towards the front.
