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Man on a bridge - (A Study of David Lange), 2008
16mm film transferred to HD video projection, sound
duration variable
Courtesy Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam; and STORE Gallery, London
Gallery 16
The film shows fifty ten second takes of the same cinematic sequence. A man while walking over a bridge seems to notice something over a railing; as he moves in for a closer inspection, the film cuts which is then followed by another take of the same shot.
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Andrea Wilhelm 05|17|08
I think the changes in this video are amazing. I really liked it. I wanted him to jump off the bridge though. That would've been cool.
Sam McGeehan 09|11|08
I think this piece was really...successful.
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mickkey richards 11|14|08
i loved this piece. The impact that it made on me was that it really made me question 'fate'. i interpreted it as the man playing the same days' walk over and over again, as if the day was repeating over and over again without the characters prior knowledge of the earlier sequences. Although there were slight differences in each clip, the same primary action was bound to happen. I guess in our lives, whats going to happen is going to happen. We have no power in our own lives. we are programmed. the character did have the choice on whether or not to walk on the bridge or to walk on the bridge and to look over the side or not to look over the side. But, he was going to do it anyways, almost on instinct. Sometimes our actions are alien to our reason, we just do things, that no matter how hard we try, or dont try, we do them anyways, as if pulled by an invisible thread. We go where we are supposed to go.
This piece was powerful. i loved it.