FRAGMENTS OF INDIA

of MC ELWEE Van

UNITED STATES, 1993, 00:08:30

Production : EXPERIMENTAL TV CENTER, MC ELWEE Van
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Architecture, Experimental, India

Summary :
Based on a saying by Joseph CAMPBELL : "A temple is a landscape of the spirit", FRAGMENTS OF INDIA uses images of formal elements of Indian temples within moving images. Van Mc ELWEE combines the sounds of India with Hindu and Muslim architecture to adapt the saying of CAMPBELL to the world of video.

VAN McELWEE’s body of video work includes over forty single channel pieces and installations. Grants and awards include The American Film Institute Independent Filmmaker Award, The National Endowment for the Arts Independent Production Fund (seven time recipient), and a travel grant from the Government of India. McElwee’s work is exhibited extensively worldwide and is represented by The Kitchen in New York, Trabant Gallery in Austria, Heure Exquise! in France, and the Inter Media Art Institute in Germany. Van McElwee is Professor of Electronic and Photographic Media at Webster University in St. Louis.

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