Monday, July 29, 2013

H^2O

For this project I emulated Ralph Steiner's video H^2O (http://www.ubu.com/film/steiner.html). This video was produced in 1929, and was a study of the motion of water as well as how light plays on it. I filmed various spots along the Truckee river, as well as a fountain on the UNR campus and water dripping off of a table in my backyard. Water, although commonly conceived as gentle and be a very powerful force, one that has helped shape the surface of the earth to be what it is now. When examined closely it can make beautiful abstract works of art. For these reasons it has always intrigued me, and was really fun to make a project out of. (Not to mention that I got to play in the river for a couple hours).

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