Example of Contemporary New Media Art #6
My sixth example of contemporary new media art is titled, “1st Light” and was created by Paul Chan. Mr. Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1973 and now lives in New York. Paul Chan is a major player in the world of American art and also gets quite involved in political activism. The article doesn’t list the location of the exhibition but it does list the date of the project as 2005. “1st Light” is a computer animated video and is a part of a series. “1st light” describes a religious vision of individuals resurrecting to heaven. Paul Chan made this exhibition in reference to the 9/11 tragedies. The floor projection shows shadowy silhouettes of bodies and everyday objects falling to the ground and then rising towards the sky. This digital video projection combines a sense of terror as well as a sense of utopia and hope.
A link to the “1st Light” projection by Paul Chan is located below:
http://www02.zkm.de/mediumreligion/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68:paul-chan&catid=34:kuenstlerliste&Itemid=53&lang=en
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