Kris Smith :: GLIMPSES :: Australia - Art - Video - Digital Drawing - Photography

Glimpse

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25-01

Luminous Fragments [Detail]
2 channel HD 1080p digital animation projection
Video duration: 14 min 18 sec (loop) (14:18)
Music: ‘Time & Reflection’ by Bjorn Lynne
Edition: 1 (of 3)

Description:
The seamlessly looping imagery used points to an idea of ‘deep time’, and whilst celebrating the beauty that can be found in a heightened awareness of the present moment, it also alludes to the brittle fragility of our constructed environments and social systems.

24-07

Magnolia lumenographic [Detail]
2024. Digital animation
Video duration: 11 min, 18 sec (11:18 min)
Size: 4K (3840 x 2160 px)

Description:
Numerous simultaneous drawings combine to build a chiaroscuro image of foliage and flowers. Literally a graphic consisting of gestural lines of light, outlining and highlighting objects otherwise embedded in darkness. The constantly moving cursors reminiscent of the molecular energy found in all things.

22-09

Installation preview of "Luminous still life"- a 2 channel digital animation (projection, 9.7m x 3.5m) + other works from the "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" exhibition held at Maitland Regional Art Gallery. Music: "Brightening" by Chad Crouch [Hush Records].