Rope Tricks
1998
Duration: 6:24 looped video
This work documents my performance of trying to lasso objects with a lariat. What I am trying to capture is left a mystery. The video is edited in slow motion with a close-up of my face going in and out of the frame. My voice is also in slow motion, and is heard as a deep roar when I temporarily bend over to release the rope and leave the picture frame, giving an impression this may not be my voice, but that of another -- perhaps the object of capture
Rope Tricks, is part of the Language of the Rope Series (1998-2005), which stemmed from my lessons in trick-roping, bull-whip cracking, knife-throwing and trick riding. Videos in this series include Crack, Rope Tricks, When You Fall Off Your Horse and Study/Sketch.
1998
Duration: 6:24 looped video
This work documents my performance of trying to lasso objects with a lariat. What I am trying to capture is left a mystery. The video is edited in slow motion with a close-up of my face going in and out of the frame. My voice is also in slow motion, and is heard as a deep roar when I temporarily bend over to release the rope and leave the picture frame, giving an impression this may not be my voice, but that of another -- perhaps the object of capture
Rope Tricks, is part of the Language of the Rope Series (1998-2005), which stemmed from my lessons in trick-roping, bull-whip cracking, knife-throwing and trick riding. Videos in this series include Crack, Rope Tricks, When You Fall Off Your Horse and Study/Sketch.
