Artists VOLTA NY 2008Peter Sarkisian
Presented by: I-20
1965, Glendale, USA
From his earliest works, Peter Sarkisian has explored the spatial vernacular of video projection, creating installations that redefine the role of video by engaging the viewer in singular tactile experiences. In his Extruded Video Engine series, the artist imagines what the medium itself is: a clinking, cartoon-like façade through which snippets of text from audio recordings scroll in random bursts. Employing new materials and 3D engineering Sarkisian has found the means for giving the Video Engine a surface. The result is a series of dimensional installations that defy the categorization of video works. Both object and image, static and moving, the artist's latest works place video in a new context.
 Peter Sarkisian, Extruded Video Engine, Vacuum formed thermal plastic and video projection 39 x 40 x 8 inches (99.06 x 101.6 x 20.32 cm) Unique in a series, 2008 |