Waterbang
Synopsis
Water is contrasted with the life it sustains. We live at a time when clean water has become very precious. Waterbang uses visual information to consider the role of water, and the contamination of it. Layers of car lights during rush hour, power-plants, and oil derricks are reminders of the bad elements we put into the environment, a place that we seem to be plucking dry at a ravenous pace.
The DNA structure that explodes into bloom as cells drift across is part of an obvious thought: we occupy the planet as a species, so water is a human right. Everyday many are killed by water contamination. There are also numerous clips of underwater creatures that are also manipulated to reference the mutilation and killing of them by water contamination.
Overall, Waterbang is meant to represent a transitory world that allows for healing. The unexpected rhythm and tumultuous imagery lead to a calming resolve.
"Michael Wyshock’s video “Waterbang” is a poetic, psychedelically patterned, constantly looping work that layers real-world imagery and movement. It is a study in building intensity and complication." (Facing Nature, by Ken Weathersby)
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Film Festivals:
COOL STORIES FOR WHEN THE PLANET GETS HOT
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theatre
Bridge Art Fair New York 2008
Perpetual Art Machine, Chelsea Art Museum, SCOPE Hamptons 2007
Small Film Festival, Berkeley Art Center
Sixth Extinction Exhibition, SUNY Fine Art Gallery, Hartwick College Gallery
Against Nature Exhibition, Kent Place Gallery
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katemontelaro
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2008-05-08 21:22:49
thank you
Thank you Michael Wyshock for making this beautiful moving painting. I have seen this film several times in several different locations including the Independent Thought Alarm and the Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theatre to name a few. Every time I see it I experience something new and I become inspired to do everything I can to preserve what precious water we have left on this planet.