RED AND BLUE ARMIES IN A FOREST

of MC ELWEE Van

UNITED STATES, 2012, 00:06:23

Production : MC ELWEE Van
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Colour, Movement

Summary :
Two groups of soldiers converge in a forest. Each is electronically monitoring the movement of the other. Actual events and simulations of future events are overlapping and merging. Edited from online Lasertag footage.

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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