Brian Knep : Artwork : Emerge

2009, interactive video installation, 7'x5'
computer, video projector, custom software, trackball

Escape

Small creatures hover inside individual chambers, packed closely yet unaware of each other. Visitors launch them into another dimension, where the creatures spin around to see the extent of their world. In so doing, visitors see the creatures are hollow, purely defined by their surroundings.


The E-Series

The works in this series use child-like drawings to examine, in a humorous way, the illusions that drive us. The creatures, with their huge, exaggerated faces and skeletal legs, are caricatures of the endlessly cycling everyman. Visually, the creatures are presented as shadows, illuminated only by the lights that are cast upon them. They cover all available surfaces, reacting to our intrusions into their small worlds.

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