Strata #2
The video describes an imaginary alteration of architectural matter. By moving through the spaces of “Notre Dame” and “Saint Eustache” a process of metamorphosis is slowly revealed, transforming structure and function of the original churches. De-contextualizing religious stained-glass imagery, this piece plays with history and its image. It challenges the stratified historical meanings detained in the western society through time. Assuming different meanings, the represented stained-glass windows appear under a new perspective that focuses on their images rather than on their historical and architectural significance. In a dynamic dialogue between sound, image and architecture, “Strata #2” gives life to a hybrid dimension where reality and artificiality coexist and interact harmoniously.
Date 2009
Commissioned by Arcadi
Direction/Production: Quayola
Music: Mira Calix + Autobam
Cello: Oliver Coates
Photography: James Medcraft
Animation: Quayola, Labmeta
Coding: Pedro Mari
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