"Grit & Grain" - video installation
The video piece "Grit & Grain" is documentation of the building of sand-piles composited with city scenes and text. The ritualistic nature of the sand-piling and its symbolic separation and amalgamation provides a foil to colonialism and globalization, two of the chief factors in dislocation & diaspora. Colonialism involves the dividing of countries along unrealistic territorial lines that benefit political conquerors, and globalization involves the consolidation of assets to uphold the new conquerors of commercialism. Same sand, different pile.
Budget & Technical Requirements
(rentals from VIVO @ artist's rate)
video projector : $75
DVD player : $4
Venue
The ideal venue for a piece such as this is an urban space where it will be stumbled across unexpectedly, such as in an alley. If it were presented in the context of a festival, any obscured & darkened corner of the space outside the gallery could be used.
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I'd love to see this Heather. Could the piece exist as a video on your blog?
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