A SERIAL: CHINA 1987
The Installments
In 1987, I traveled to China with a group of people. While there I took more than 3500 photographs and recorded around 30 hours of sound. Over the years I would randomly work with one photograph or a few of them. I was just trying things out, entering a photograph, pulling it apart, or making GIFs. I knew I would make something out of this material, but it was unfocused and decades had passed. In 2019, I was getting antsy about what and if this project would become. At that point I decided to produce this project in chronological serial form and sent them out one at a time as they were completed.
I have no idea how many installments there will be in the completed work. This work is document, memory, dream, and fantasy. I have not used any additional images or sound outside of the material I produced on this trip in 1987.
Acknowledgments:
This Project is Dedicated In Memoriam to Michael Mazur, 1935-2009
Catherine Murphy, for her support and critical voice for this as well as for my other art pursuits.
Tom Ellman, for his unstinting generosity in guiding me through a myriad of technical and informational issues.
Benjamin Keddy, for his valuable help with the day-to-day production of these videos.
Carole Maso, who is my very best public audience for this project.
Judith Smith, our main guide in China. She was knowledgeable, organized, good company, and possibly most important, patient.
Michael and Gail Mazur, without them the trip to China would not have been possible.
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