Christian Boltanski

Boltanski is a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and filmmaker, better known for his photographic installations and contemporary French Conceptual style. Boltanski began creating mixed media/materials installations with light as the essential concept in 1986. Tin boxes, altar-like construction of framed and manipulated photographs for example; photographs of Jewish schoolchildren taken in Vienna in 1931, used as a forceful reminder of…

Moving Image – Opening the freezer

Once I’d gone downstairs (previous video) I started to make my tea. However, I couldn’t open the freezer door to get my pizza out. No matter how many times I pulled on the door it wasn’t budging, and no-one would come help me. Eventually, when I plucked up enough courage to really tug the door…

Moving Image – Going Downstairs

Here’s yet another recording for my installation. I’m not quite sure what to think of this one in terms of using it for my installation, but it makes me smile every time I watch it so here it is!  ​​​​

Moving Image – Lunch.

As you can guess from the title, I’m eating my lunch. This is one of the more boring recordings I have done, and one I don’t see myself using within my project.

Moving Image -Doing washing and Making Soup.

Here I am, with yet another recording towards my moving image element. Using the washing machine and making some soup for lunch. The lighting isn’t quite right in this recording and I am heavily shadowed due to the window becoming a back light. However, I like the overall effect it has created.