Encoding Failure

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Failing to encode the videos shot for ‘Young ordinary woman’ for the web, I found myself with 4 QT videos who are showing a series of words and numbers, in rhythm. They don’t mean anything but I discovered a hidden abstract world ‘behind’ the encoded videos.

Info & Credits

Artist:

Joëlle Bitton

Year:

2001

System:

4 QT videos in a loop

Series:

Passages process (n.1)

Exhibition:

Performed at Batofar, Paris, for the event ‘Superficiel.org presents Raw Screens’, June 2004