Watercolour drawing of the Gillespie home in Gortahork (Gort an Choirce), Ireland. Based on a photograph by Sarah Gillespie. The image is a photograph of a digital print of the original drawing.
Dimensions: approx. 4" x 6"
Date: 2017
A detailed tour of the building, its structure, history, and contents, is led by Jon Blair, the senior security guard of the museum. The footage is recorded using a portable, homemade steady-cam and four cameras. Pointing in opposite directions, the cameras film and move simultaneously in one long continuous shot. Much like the approach of the early documentary-styled filmmakers (Kino-Pravda, Cinéma Vérité,) the project involves using hand-held or lightweight cameras and portable equipment that can follow a subject and move quickly through various environments. Exhibited as a split screen (quadrant.)Dimensions: variable, digital prints 12" x 12"
"The Wonderful World of Ants" was shot with a high-8 camera and edited digitally. For the duration of two days, I filmed ants in my studio as they made their way across an invisible path, leading from the window sill, up the wall, and into the ceiling. I added pencil marks to trace their steps, and stepped back to see how closely they would follow the lines.
During the four hours of tape, new routes were developed, old routes erased, objects moved, and detours suggested. What unfolds visually is a cross between scientific analysis and adventurous imagining.
Dimensions: variable
Date: 2005