Recurrence Relation 1 is a video art installation, where the tenuous image of a male figure emerges from a dense fog. He walks towards the viewer, even at times looks straight onto the viewer, then continues beyond the viewer. The landscape of the barren tundra sits still as birds fly by or land. Seconds later, the figure emerges again, to repeat the same pathway, endlessly. In mathematics, a recurrence relation is an equation that defines a sequence recursively: each term of the sequence is defined as a function of the preceding terms. Cycle after cycle, the figure, returns in silent determination, carrying with him the accumulated memory of the previous cycles. He is like Sisyphus on his way down the hill, momentarily without the weight of his stone. Filmed in Iceland on July, 2008.
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Recurrence Relation 1, 2009; single-channel video projected at architectural scale; continuous loop, 3:25 minutes.
Exhibition History:
Hybrids, Black Gate Space, Los Angeles, California, April 19–April 29, 2009, Curated by Peter Liashkov (group).
