Welch was doing multimedia and video installations in museums as early as the 70's. In those long past years his focus seemed to be based on mixing existing medias together, Clint Eastwood in a Germany film, a mix of old TV shows and commercials, etc.
His focus lately however is strongly based on filming two spots, as in two separate coastlines, from predawn to after dusk and editing it down in time as well cropping the two videos 50% and creating a juxtaposition that works really well in bringing geographically distant spaces together.
Many of his works are readily available on youtube,
I loved the coastline video! That was absolutely gorgeous and it was really interesting to see the way the sun hits the opposite ends of the country at the same time of day. What a great video!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the coastline video. The waves were very calm and relaxing I felt like I was right there next to the ocean. Also I liked how Welch went from night to day back to night showing the ocean view in a typical day.
ReplyDeleteThe coast line vid was really cool. it was interesting to see the differences and similarity between the two coasts during the same event. That was truly artistic.
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