190301 The Seam (The Ball is God)

A multimedia / video installation built around a basketball found in Anyangcheon, with its sound and image installed on separate devices; the ball functions as a third material between its heard and seen appearances, neither of which completes the object on its own.

01.03.19
multimedia installation · video installation
SASG, Seoul, Korea

Authorial Comment

The Ball is God, or God as a Ball? is a multimedia installation. We employ a basketball found in the river for media manipulations to demonstrate the cognitive seam between various appearances (vision and sound) of the object.

— 2019 Ball

The found ball

We got this shabby ball out of the Anyangcheon river on Anton's birthday. Just before we talked about the fact that basketball is what we lack in Seoul for a normal life. The ball was so beautiful that we took detailed pictures of it from all sides and produced a short film about how it works as an object of phenomenological consideration.

— 2019 Ball

Between the ball that we hear, and the ball that we look at an obvious gap is revealed, the jump over is provided by the special trick that we do behind the back. The superposition of two perceptions into one object requires overcoming this abyss, which is ensured by our faith and as well by applied blindness that allows ignoring insurmountable obstacles.

— 2019 Ball

work text

Пустой баббл — это уникальный случай видимости медиума без контента. Обычно медиум актуализируется содержанием, при этом он этим содержанием прикрыт. Стараясь ухватить медийную актуальность в борьбе с логикой спектакля и дискурсивной оккупацией, художникам зачастую приходится проводить специальные процедуры. Чтобы сделать медиум кино видимым, Ги Дебор прибегал к особым приемам повторения и произвольного монтажа. Зритель проваливается в монтажные разрывы и таким образом становится свидетелем медийного саморазоблачения.

— Разговор «как?» не может ухватить картину целиком.

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