Giorgos Chloros’s work, Video portraits 1, is actually not about portraiture, but rather the in-between moments that comprise the majority of our lives, moments of waiting and thinking that are rarely documented. The large-scale video projection (420*225cm) consists of footage of different individuals in the midst of a seemingly mundane instant in their day; however, the person is unknowingly being filmed by the artist, who is covertly positioned a safe distance away. The intention of the work was to film something honest — the camera is being used, but “absent” due to the subject’s ignorance of its gaze.
Typically, Giorgos’ video works are filmed in a studio setting and a direct relationship is established between the subject and the camera. In this project, he allows the location and condition of the public setting to dictate the outcome; he does not interfere with the surrounding activities, he relies on the existing, natural light and finds his subjects by happenstance. The result is a study in the simplest gestures of human behavior, as well as an example of the voyeuristic license taken by artists to observe them.
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I’m sinking in this.. great_
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[...] Genom byggnaden hördes ett ljud inte helt olikt kyrkklockor, som ett klingande droppande. Ljudet kom från Mårten Bergkvists ”Mystiska Frekvenser”, en ljudinstallation som hör till utställningen ”Clouds of Witness” och som på ett intressant sätt gav ljud åt miljön. Det fanns många verk att reflektera över, jag fastnade speciellt för Giorgos Chloros videoinstallation ”Videoporträtt 1″, ett verk som han i programbladet beskriver som ett kollektivt självporträtt. Videon visar människor i offentlig miljö, väntande människor som genom kameralinsen blir sedda på nära håll av oss betraktare. Personerna vet inte om att de blir filmade. Minsta gest blir synlig, det blir något privat och igenkännbart på samma gång, alla delar vi de där väntande stunderna. Se och läs mer om ”Videoporträtt 1″ här: http://chloros.eu/2010/04/video-portraits-1/ [...]
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