A nice project from the artist
Andrea Galvani on display in New York earlier this year.
'The End [Action #1], an Art in General New Commission, is a homage to the heliocentric model of our solar
system championed by Galileo Galilei, father of modern cosmology. Over
the course of months, Andrea Galvani coordinated with local cameramen to
film the sunrise along the eastern coastlines of five different Central
American countries. On January 8th, the anniversary of Galileo’s death
in 1642, the event was filmed in over 30 different locations
simultaneously. Discrepancies between atmospheric conditions, the
sensitivity of 16mm film technology, and the movements of each
individual manifest as a prism of time and space. The architecture of
The End [Action #1] was conceived as an ephemeral monument — pedestals
of light designed to be used by seven vocalists whose voices activate
and enliven the space at different times throughout the exhibition.'
Here are some stills form the films and some shots of the installation....
