NATURELAND

of MC ELWEE Van

UNITED STATES, 2003, 00:14:00

Production : MC ELWEE Van
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Allegory, Sound creation, Environment, Nature

Summary :
Elevator music branches and flows in new directions. Unadorned concrete structures exude layer upon layer of natural scenery. These virtual vistas unfold in surges, accompanied by mutating muzak. NATURELAND reflects the crucial process by which we navigate the nested realities of our programmed environment; embracing illusion and its mechanism; weaving dissonant strands of experience into a pattern that we can call “our world”.

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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