URBAN SURFING

video, 2007
7min 5sec [5 x 1min 25sec]
camera, editing, sound Marina Chernikova
color stereo
DVD   PAL

Dissimilar video fragments of cities are united into one single stream of images. In the course of this process the images disintegrate, by the force of gravitation as it were, into separate parts to form layers, regroup and establish new formations. The spectator witnesses the coming into existence of a new virtual City. Logical architectural elements are transformed into nearly abstract structures. This is much like the effect of speed reading, the eye focuses only on the most important, disconnected elements. As a result the generally accepted representation of a city as a homogeneous, clearly structured unified whole gives way to a dynamic, fragmentary and individual perception of the urban environment.