This installation is part of the web cam series with paintings of
photographic images. A small LCD display is installed on the wall that
is connected to a switch with multiple input feeds. One feed comes
from a web cam (located in Philadelphia) that the painting is based
on. The second feed comes from a web cam in the gallery pointing
directly at the painting that depicts the image from the web cam in
Philadelphia. The video on the LCD display switches back and forth
between the two feeds. When a viewer stands in front of the painting,
the viewer punctures the picture by inserting an image of
himself/herself thereby disrupting the fluidity that seemed to exist
between various levels of representation.
Copyright 2012, Akihiko Miyoshi // miyos "at" reed "dot" edu