"Waterhole       
Webcams"     
Video Installation     

 

This work is an ongoing      

series of inquiries,     

observations,     

interactions      

and representations of      

webcams centered      

around bodies of water      

around the world.     

 

   

The work began with      

a record of my      

observations of the      

"AfriCam" Website       

at the Sabi Sands      

Game Reserve      

in South Africa.     

 

Frames taken from a      

continuously      

downloading      

camera looking out      

over an     

animal waterhole      

document the      

unattended moments      

of the landscape      

as it changes with time.     

 

        

The work expanded      

to include      

observations      

and downloads of      

different sites which      

included a watersource      

as their strange      

attractor.     

 

 

The work(s) also traces      

the breakup of the      

"live" image      

into its frame      

level highlighting the      

desire for a      

techno-global vision      

or spectacle      

vs      

the webcam's early      

film-like rendition      

of an uneventful      

landscape.     

 

The work was first       presented at      

The University Galleries      
  Jan 15 - Feb 26, 1999      
Univerity of Florida