This piece was shot on the Concord River in Massachusetts during very special weather conditions. In order for the ice to look this black and clear the temperature needs to drop very quickly and there can be no wind, rain or snow. The temperatures were around minus 7 degrees Fahrenheit, making conditions very difficult to work in since the camera battery dies quickly. I spent three weeks recording ice cracks along 4 miles of the River. One of the biggest challenges was the reflection of me obscuring the depth of the cracks. This to me seems symbolic of how humans often approach life. Obscuring the depths of infinite possibilities in life by their own distracting self, all too often reflected distractingly back at them.
This piece was shot on the Concord River in Massachusetts during very special weather conditions. In order for the ice to look this black and clear the temperature needs to drop very quickly and there can be no wind, rain or snow. The temperatures were around minus 7 degrees Fahrenheit, making conditions very difficult to work in since the camera battery dies quickly. I spent three weeks recording ice cracks along 4 miles of the River. One of the biggest challenges was the reflection of me obscuring the depth of the cracks. This to me seems symbolic of how humans often approach life. Obscuring the depths of infinite possibilities in life by their own distracting self, all too often reflected distractingly back at them.
This piece was shot on the Concord River in Massachusetts during very special weather conditions. In order for the ice to look this black and clear the temperature needs to drop very quickly and there can be no wind, rain or snow. The temperatures were around minus 7 degrees Fahrenheit, making conditions very difficult to work in since the camera battery dies quickly. I spent three weeks recording ice cracks along 4 miles of the River. One of the biggest challenges was the reflection of me obscuring the depth of the cracks. This to me seems symbolic of how humans often approach life. Obscuring the depths of infinite possibilities in life by their own distracting self, all too often reflected distractedly back at them.
This piece was shot on the Concord River in Massachusetts during very special weather conditions. In order for the ice to look this black and clear the temperature needs to drop very quickly and there can be no wind, rain or snow. The temperatures were around minus 7 degrees Fahrenheit, making conditions very difficult to work in since the camera battery dies quickly. I spent three weeks recording ice cracks along 4 miles of the River. One of the biggest challenges was the reflection of me obscuring the depth of the cracks. This to me seems symbolic of how humans often approach life. Obscuring the depths of infinite possibilities in life by their own distracting self, all too often reflected distractedly back at them.
Video by Madeleine Altmann
Music by Charlie Nieland
All filmed just below or at the surface of water, these three works present differing optical effects, and make different demands of the viewer. Originally a pyramidal installation, Pilgrim Pond, is a single channel video that was repeated across myriad monitors to form an underwater kaleidoscope. Reinterpreted as a single channel piece with music by Charlie Nieland. The shifting facets of color and lush ambient music immerse the viewer in an almost hallucinatory field of vision.
Shot with the Gopro underwater camera on Drake’s Island in Maine. See this video in 20th Century Fox's movie ‘Unfinished Business’ starring Vince Vaughn. Look for it in the rave scene.
Excerpts of Pilgrim Pond series. can be displayed as single channel or as a pyramid of crt monitors.
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This piece was shot on the Concord River in Massachusetts during very special weather conditions. In order for the ice to look this black and clear the temperature needs to drop very quickly and there can be no wind, rain or snow. The temperatures were around minus 7 degrees Fahrenheit, making conditions very difficult to work in since the camera battery dies quickly. I spent three weeks recording ice cracks along 4 miles of the River. One of the biggest challenges was the reflection of me obscuring the depth of the cracks. This to me seems symbolic of how humans often approach life. Obscuring the depths of infinite possibilities in life by their own distracting self, all too often reflected distractingly back at them.
