Avish Khebrehzadeh
Where do we go from here?, 2011
video animation on painting
7 min 28 sec | edition of 2 + 1AP
The features an animation in Khebrehzadeh’s distinctive paired down style projected directly onto a circular formation of coarse grain sea salt spread onto the gallery floor. The white salt acts...
The features an animation in Khebrehzadeh’s distinctive paired down style projected directly onto a circular formation of coarse grain sea salt spread onto the gallery floor. The white salt acts as the screen or paper surface shimmering in the light of an overhead projector. Resting in the centre of the salt plain is a circular clear glass vessel containing a fish swimming in water. Circumventing the live fish is a projection of an animated image of an airplane and its shadow. The plane glides, dives and ascends, followed by its shadow that connects it to the surface of the salt. In characteristic simplicity, the repetitious cyclical motion creates a meditative poetic effect contrasting with the live, random motion of the fish.