Friday, June 1, 2012

grounding on the highrise - durational film works


Grounding on the high rise - Durational film works.

Collingwood High Rise Estate is an easily immersive environment; whether you rise or fall.
For 3-months I was slowly swept up in its richness, insights and authenticity.  Preconceived ideas could have blocked the sight of the estates gifts; togetherness in what's perceived as falling apart; warmth in what's assumed cold and feared.

Most morning and afternoon, I would  capture the same moving image of the estate from Platform 1 of Victoria Park train station.  An opportunity to find a common ground with a place that I'm not from.  The light shifted, painting people's homes in infinite portrait, with rising sunlit hue.  Everyone likes a sunrise.

Below are images taken from one of many durational filmworks.

Standing, smoking cigarettes; appreciating  the block.  I think on some level we get each other.

 



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