Michael John Whelan
Video Installation
Film
Photography
Objects
Paper & Sound
Info
News
Frontier
Now the shadows I measure
An echo and a shadow
Mercer
Baribal
The sun shone on the
nothing new

Reprieve
A Perfect Circle
Assembly
Kindred
Clearing
Since
The Memoirs of a Madman
And penance is the play
Cathedral
Since
2007
single channel video, colour, silent
7:00 min



Using selective exposure and the natural bright background light reflected off a lake, a minimal/white-out aesthetic is achieved without any digital alteration. Visually and conceptually, this method isolates certain gestures and occurrences and brings them to the forefront. The three Cormorants on a branch share an independence from their environment, while still engaging with it directly.

Installed at Museum Bochum.