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- 2008 (Accumulation)
- 2008 (Accumulation)
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Grand Central/Central Terminal (2008, 5:50, sound, color, available on miniDV and DVD) Examines relationships between the moving image, dance, architecture, and the urban sphere. Like the cinema, people frequent transit hubs in order to go elsewhere. Katherine Crockett, a principal in the Martha Graham Dance Company, performs improvisatory movement in both Grand Central Terminal in New York City and the no longer in use Central Terminal in Buffalo, NY. While both are majestic in their architectural and historic scope, the two spaces clash in terms of current use value. The crowds of Grand Central are juxtaposed with the solitude of Central Terminal. For the live terminal, Crockett acts as manifesto for the moment, while for the defunct station the solo body of the dancer in motion re-images and -imagines the site's fluidity.
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Llengua: Inglés. Països: United States of America
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Master es mini dv cam NTSC falta sinopsis en catalan falta sinopsis en castellano Grand Central/Central Terminal was produced in cooperation with Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center for Artists and Models. It was exhibited first as a projected video installation at the Central Terminal in Buffalo on June 2, 2007 and then a second version was completed in 2008. Selected Screenings: dança em foco –Festival Internacional de Vídeo & Dança, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 5th ATTITUDE Festival for video art and experimental film, Bitola, Macedonia. Magmart
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International Videoart Festival, video under volcano, Naples, Italy. Urban Research at Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany. 1st International Festival of Video Art/Primer Festival de Video Arte, Camagüey, Cuba. Optica, International Festival of Vídeo Art, Gijón-Asturias and Madrid, Spain.
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- Caroline Koebel (Accumulator)
- Katherine Crockett (Accumulator)
- Caroline Koebel (Subject)
- Katherine Crockett (Subject)
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CopyRight Caroline Koebel