亞歷山大基勒思比

Measures

Alexandra Gillespie
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作品「測量」呈現實際與想像的社會/內在壓力與期望人可能或「應該保持」在一個特定的年齡。收集澳大利亞內的速率標記拍照，並重組加入從拿馬蒂國家公園，穿過布瑞德彼拉山脈航程的合成的連續鏡頭，這國家公園以前是衛星追蹤站基地，並成為太空通訊網絡的一部分，用來支援阿波羅號登陸月球的任務。結合追蹤與呈現廣大的時空跨度的概念，澳大利亞城市間長距離駕駛的體驗，與這些旅程呈現的幻想與迴響都影響到本作品。本作品部份的聲音主題是反應並投射藝術家所強調的特定年齡。
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Measures is a work that came out of the actual and imagined societal/internalized pressures and expectations of where onemight or “should be” at a particular age. Speed signs from around Australia were collected, photographed and reconfiguredwith composited footage of a drive through the Brindabella mountain ranges from Namadgi National Park which wasformerly a satellite tracking station site and formed part of the space communication network used to support the Apollomission to the Moon.In conjunction with this notion of tracking and mapping vast spaces and time spans the work is alsoinfluenced by the experience of driving long distances between Australian cities and the opportunity these journeys offerfor reverie and reflection. The audio texts that form part of the work’s soundtrack are based on the artist’s reflections andprojections around particular ages.