Equestrian
Michiel van Bakel NL, 2003, 4', SD video
In bygone days, when equestrian statues were erected in every town square to pay tribute to a king or general, scientists were faced with this insoluble question: does a horse at any time during full trot or gallop get off the ground with all four legs at the same time? Only the invention of photography and the ingenious ideas of Edward Muybridge proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was the case. Van Bakel found an empty square and gave it a virtual statue of an equestrian. With a kind of inventiveness that would have made Muybridge proud, through the simultaneous filming with 32 digital cameras, van Bakel created the movements of the horse which are placed out of time and turned into a surrealist monument. Digital technology apparently even allowed an artist to let horse and rider float permanently. (Vinken and van Kampen)
Thu 22/9 Kino SC 21:00
