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Wave Modulation and Variation
2003
29 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (74.93 x 56.52 x 9.53 cm)
Jim Campbell (Chicago, Illinois, 1956 - )
Vital Signs: New Media from the Permanent Collection, June 12, 2010 - February 6, 2011, New Wing, Second Floor, South Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Edge Conditions, Part 1: June 3, 2006 - February 18, 2007 / May 20, 2007, Part 2: July 29, 2006 - November 26, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, North, South, and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
Vital Signs: New Media from the Permanent Collection (2010-2011)
The patterns of nature are reflected in the physical manifestations of human life; for example, the motion of ocean waves echoes the measured inhalation and exhalation of breath. In Wave Modulation and Variation (2003), the image of rolling waves gradually changes its speed over a 20-minute period, slowing to a stop and then resuming its natural pace. The cycle, like breathing, varies but is continually repeated. By modulating the speed of his minimal visual content, Campbell has demonstrated how the perception of subtle physical effects can elicit emotional reactions. Breath can be controlled to achieve calm and, as here, light, image resolution, and movement can be manipulated to the same effect.
Edge Conditions (2006-2007)
Wave Modulation and Variation is part of Jim Campbell’s “Ambiguous Icons” series, which explores the “edge condition” between legibility and abstraction. At what point do the pulsing lights stop representing a wave and become pure abstraction, and vise-versa? The image gradually changes its speed over a 20-minute period, going from real time to a still image, layering the element of time on the visual experience. As a result, at any given moment the image is more-or-less legible as a crashing wave; our perception shifts between the transience of real time and the eternal nature of “still time.”
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Wave Modulation and Variation
New Media
200329 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (74.93 x 56.52 x 9.53 cm)
Jim Campbell (Chicago, Illinois, 1956 - )
Object Type: New Media
Medium and Support: Custom electronics, LEDs and treated Plexiglas
Credit Line: Gift of the Lipman Family Foundation
Accession Number: 2005.15.01
Exhibition
Vital Signs: New Media from the Permanent Collection, June 12, 2010 - February 6, 2011, New Wing, Second Floor, South Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Edge Conditions, Part 1: June 3, 2006 - February 18, 2007 / May 20, 2007, Part 2: July 29, 2006 - November 26, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, North, South, and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
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Vital Signs: New Media from the Permanent Collection (2010-2011)
The patterns of nature are reflected in the physical manifestations of human life; for example, the motion of ocean waves echoes the measured inhalation and exhalation of breath. In Wave Modulation and Variation (2003), the image of rolling waves gradually changes its speed over a 20-minute period, slowing to a stop and then resuming its natural pace. The cycle, like breathing, varies but is continually repeated. By modulating the speed of his minimal visual content, Campbell has demonstrated how the perception of subtle physical effects can elicit emotional reactions. Breath can be controlled to achieve calm and, as here, light, image resolution, and movement can be manipulated to the same effect.
Edge Conditions (2006-2007)
Wave Modulation and Variation is part of Jim Campbell’s “Ambiguous Icons” series, which explores the “edge condition” between legibility and abstraction. At what point do the pulsing lights stop representing a wave and become pure abstraction, and vise-versa? The image gradually changes its speed over a 20-minute period, going from real time to a still image, layering the element of time on the visual experience. As a result, at any given moment the image is more-or-less legible as a crashing wave; our perception shifts between the transience of real time and the eternal nature of “still time.”
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions: - Edge Conditions , 6/3/2006 - 11/26/2006
- Vital Signs: New Media from the Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art , 6/12/2010 - 2/6/2011
Dimensions
- Installation Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (74.93 x 56.52 x 9.53 cm)
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