Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth

Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth’s current work addresses video and editing, particularly the creation of visual effects. They have been working with light as a medium and a subject, experimenting with different forms of perception and representation. Their new series of films explores effects of the light and forms of modification, creation of each effect is filmed as a basic documentation.

Each work shows not only the effect of the light being documented but also the processes of using video to document it. One work shows a video of the shadow of Venetian blinds being opened and closed projected on to a set of open blinds. The slats of the blind refract the white light from the video projector into cyan and magenta. The projected image is one of a shadow projected onto a film of a shadow, this also creates an optical illusion.

In this way the work often becomes a metafictive representation of working practice and a tautological demonstration. In these works the process of making is part of the product. The artists want the audience to be aware of this praxis. The presentation of the videos reflects back upon the methods and tools of production and the actions involved in compiling and editing the effects. The works as a group result in sensation of liminality, each video being in a constant state of change.