Anthony McCall

Very intrigued by how Anthony breaks down the barriers of compartmentalized art movements-avant garde film, sculpture, installation, and performance art, and links them all through a common thread- the audience perceiving light in a space. Especially in Long Film for ambient light he really blurs the lines of what is a continuous installation, and what it means for a medium to be time based. If someone sat in the room and witnessed the whole performance, they would certainly see a change, but the vast majority of participants would only see a snippet that is constant. Such an installation shows the power of looped, and/or long-form installations-theres something to be found in perceiving such a medium in a not start/stop based way.

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