Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

Andrew Gaston

PURGATORIUM

Vidéo expérimentale | dv | noir et blanc | 10:10 | Irlande, Royaume-Uni | 2010

In a pattern matching of sequences, an ever-shifting multi-screen composition creates a momentum of unending suspense. Shadow filled rooms, corridors, doorways and staircases form an inescapable labyrinth of domestic interiors, in which each thread acts as an incomplete story. Unrelenting claustrophobia is contrasted with the continual threat from an unseen world. Is the intruder assassin or saviour? As the shadow persistently tries to visit - there is an absence of any denouement. In a failing chain of communication, the buzz of the intercom, the ring of the telephone, the knock at the door, cannot awake the dreamer.

Andrew Gaston is a video artist and creative director based in London. His art is regularly toured by the Visor Gallery, Valencia and he is currently directing commercials and music videos for some of the UK`s biggest production houses.