LUXOR

A MOMENT IN HYPEREALITY

of MC ELWEE Van

UNITED STATES, 1997, 00:18:00

Production : MC ELWEE Van
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Allegory, Special effects, Editing, Landscape, Travel

Summary :
Luxor in Egypt meets Luxor in Las Vegas, calling into question the nature of reality through a folding, blending and meltdown of the real and the replica, Each world is suspended and then reborn in the realm of video as past, present, and future merge into one pulsing electronic moment. LUXOR is also designed as a single-channel video installation.

Van McElwee's body of video work includes over sixty single channel pieces, installations and web projects. Grants and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship,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 has been exhibited extensively worldwide and is represented by The Kitchen in New York, Heure Exquise! in France, LUX in the UK, the Inter Media Art Institute in Germany, Bruno David Gallery in St. Louis and Trabant Gallery in Austria. McElwee is Professor of Electronic and Photographic Media at Webster University in St. Louis.

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