Soul Junk 2.0 at Milton Art Bank, Milton, PA, 2017
Confessions about family trauma are set against observations about the cocksure attitudes of those in power. The soul crushing effect of narcissistic & patriarchal behavior is laid bare; exposing the political, economic & ethical landscape of our time, where decisions by power brokers in government or corporations prevail at the expense of individuals, families & communities.
The speaker/projections triangulate. Audio spotlight speakers focus sound physically into a 6’ beam. You walk in and out of their beams. Where the focused beam of two speakers cross over, you hear the narrative of two video projections. Each video is understood more acutely the further you stand away from the speaker, allowing you to experience the hive & the clarity of one. Mimicking the chatter of the mind, this complicates our understanding.
Video is projected onto sculptural materials, creating a fractured image. Opposing ideas are hurled against one another in rapid fire. Visual & sonic structure amplifies narrative juxtaposition.
Soul Junk 2.0 at Milton Art Bank, Milton, PA, October 21- January 2018
The installation mimics synaptic firing in the brain, potentially forging new neural pathways through the juxtaposition of ideas.
The intentional complexity echoes the challenges of processing information in our current era.
Credits
Michelle Jaffé
Scriptwriter, Actor, Videographer, Editor, Sculptor
Soul Junk, 2013 – 2017
3 Channel Video & Sound installation
Projectors, Speakers, Media Players, MoTU Interface, Neoprene, Paper, Moldable Cloth
15’ x 24.5’ x 33’
3 Videos: 26:31 minutes total length
Channel 1- 8:31, Channel 2 - 9:28, Channel 3 - 8:26
Queens Council on the Arts grant
New York Foundation for the Arts fiscal sponsorship