Thorsten Knaub

Manufractura installation view
Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art

Manufractura installation view (detail)
Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art

Manufractura installation view (detail)
Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art

Manufractura video documentation (extract)
Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art

Manufractura (1997)
Nine-channel video installation
monitor sizes from 5" to 50"
9 x DVD PAL 4:3, stereo, varying lengths of endless loops; VHS Master

The video installation Manufractura consists of nine separate video loops. Each of which is created by manipulating the source video - the same short video sequence of a hand slapping a pane of glass - into nine different speeds.

The resulting nine video loops create a symphony of sound which continuously changes and shifts from subtle, quiet phrases to cacophonic intensity and back. Different length of each video sequnec/loop mean that the relationship to each other is constantly changing and the 'composition' is changing over time.


Exhibition history:

BETWEEN FAST-FOOD AND ETERNITY (solo)
7 - 29 April 2001
Städtische Galerie, Erlangen, Germany

FITZROVIA OPEN
Art installations in empty shops
9 - 22 July 1998
Fitzrovia, London

DEGREE SHOW
23 - 27 June 1997
Byam Shaw School of Art, London