work (category: 2005, page 3)

Resolve, 2005

video performance
11:59min DVD
edition of 5, 2  APs

performance still series (1-4)
archival inkjet print
edition of 5, 2 APs

description: Habits pattern day-to-day existence. In time habits can become rituals, platforms for meditation, reflection, release. To perform each routine requires endurance and determined self-awareness. With every repetition is the struggle of negotiating opportunity. The horizon is always the horizon. Individual conceptions of futility determine the length of a tether.

The video recording of the performance includes the sound of the ocean layered with a looped portion of audio taken from Gavin Bryars' "The Sinking of the Titanic." The song is a rendition of "Autumn," the song claimed to be heard by survivors of the Titanic, played by the orchestra as the ship made its descent.

resolve performance still
image above:  Resolve #2

resolve performance still
image above: Resolve #4

By Kathryn Cornelius