Thorsten Knaub

Making so many faces that I do not know anymore why I started doing it in the first place
Installation view: Action Acton , Digital Arts Event, London 2000

Making so many faces that I do not know anymore why I started doing it in the first place
Installation view: Action Acton , Digital Arts Event, London 2000

Making so many faces that I do not know anymore why I started doing it in the first place
Installation view: Action Acton , Digital Arts Event, London 2000

Making so many faces that I do not know anymore why I started doing it in the first place
video (endless loop)

Making so many faces that I do not know anymore why I started doing it in the first place (2000)
Single-channel video projection/monitor
DVD PAL 4:3, silent, endless loop
Mini-DV Master

Making so many faces that I do not know anymore why I started doing it in the first place was assembled out of several hundred still frames, which were digitally photographed in one afternoon and then frame by frame animated, each one showing a different facial expression.

The title of the work is thought up first and then serves as a kind of instruction for the activity. The work is part of a series of works dealing with ideas exploring artistic activity and ideas of 'performances' for the camera.


Exhibition history:

MOSTYN OPEN 11
8 December 2000 - 27 January 2001
Oriel Mostyn Gallery, LLandudno, Wales

ACTION ACTON
Digital Arts Festival
April 2000
Acton Town Hall, London, UK