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Once More With Feeling
(Mixed-media installation. 2008)

Once More With Feeling’ is a genuinely
interactive mixed-media installation that investigates
how cinema has influenced the development of
our image-repertoire and way we emotionally
respond to personal experiences.

Description

Artist Statement

Images and Audio

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Participants are invited into a photobooth where various hypothetical scenarios play through the speakers. After each explanation subjects are prompted to ‘freeze’, holding the expression that encapsulates their imagined reaction, whilst the camera’s shutter is released (automatically using image-capture software). Each ‘freeze frame’ is immediately relayed to a projector in an adjacent room to be viewed independently of the creation process.

Please go to the Images and Audio section to hear the hypothetical situations and view participants' reactions. The Artist Statement further explains the concept behind this project.

'What a delightful installation this is; hidden away in a little booth, those members of our audience that had the curiosity to step inside were rewarded with an intimate experience and those more trepidatious still got to delight in other participants' involvement. The pitch and tone of the piece are utterly inclusive and, in a genuinely interactive and enjoyable way, it provokes thought on the extent to which we are influence by visual media.'

Ellie Jones, Artistic Director, Southwark Playhouse, 23rd Oct' 2008