Slow Motion Staccato from Caitlin Foley on Vimeo.
Video documentation of “Slow Motion Staccato” at the Everson Museum of Art
The process of making Slow Motion Staccato started with a nonsense poem I recorded while driving along the highway, amid forests and rolling hills, feeling the vibrations of my motor vehicle. I illustrated the poem with a pencil drawing which became the projection in this installation. Slow Motion Staccato grew out of this personal reflection and emotional response to disconnections between man made and organic environments. It is easy to overlook our everyday surroundings. We are often consumed with where we are headed and not with where we are now. Though it is essential to have an eye for the future, it is also critical to experience the present. Without embracing the present we can not make informed decisions about the future. Slow Motion Staccato is a man made machine which creates a poetic environment with organic forms, light and manipulated sounds from nature. The seemingly senseless layering of abstract and recognizable forms, sounds and fragments of light aim to provide the viewer with a space to be in the present. A space for curiosity, reflection, and awareness which I hope people will be inclined to return to, again and again.
