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SUBWAY 1 2 3
By G.H. HovagimyanThe subway is a defining urban experience
across cultures.Underground and in the subconscious, every rider
experiences adisjunctive experience when entering one place and
emerging in a
different one. In day-to-day experience, time spent on a
subwayride can resemble lost footage between cuts in a movie. But
when a
movie includes scenes shot in a subway, the subway passage
becomesa shared, collective experience. Familiarity with subway
scenes frommovies have become part of the contemporary vernacular,
creating
Oh I remember that film! reactions. Movie scenes shot in
subwaysalso trigger deeper feelings as the viewer defines and
redefines
personal and shared experiences. In the work I have created
using
subway scenes from movies, narrative conventions of standard
filmtechniques have been removed to further the exploration
ofsubmerged emotions.
The installation includes three video loops of one hour each.
The piece
is designed as a three-panel projection with the three loops
runningsimultaneously. Since the individual movie clips in each
loop are ofvarying aspect ratios, I selected a standard 1280 x 720
pixel ratio and
fit the clips into that size. By doing that, some of the clips
aresqueezed into higher definition and others become pixilated. The
use
of translation and codec problems, and the variations produced
by
varied definition are an integral part of the work. Visual
association,media memory, and a collective experience can be
furthered by asking
the viewer to adapt to differences. The completed artwork is
composedentirely of re-purposed cinema found solely on the
Internet
highlighting the question of copyright on the internet.
The complete subway movie list is provided below for reference.
Themovies with dots after their names had subway sequences that
I
gleaned from the Internet and are included in the work.
Heres the movie list. The ones with dots after their names are
the ones I wasable to glean from the Internet and are included in
the work.
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48 HrsA Taste of TeaAdventures in Baby-Sitting
AfterAfter HoursAlong Came A SpiderAmerican Werewolf
InLondonAmerican Werewolf InParisAnnie HallBang the drum
slowlyBarbershop 2: Back InBusiness
Beethoven VirusBENEATH THE PLANETOF THE APESBladeBless the
ChildBless the Child trailerButterflyMoleBrother From
AnotherPlanetCarlito's WayCollateral
CondemnedConspiracy TheoryDie Another DayDie Hard With
aVenganceDo the Right ThingEdmondEnd of DaysFameFBI
StoryFlatlinersFRENCH CONNECTIONIIGetting Even With
DadGhostGhostbustersGodfatherGodzillaHappyness
Cowboy WayCreepCrocodile DundeeDaredevil
Daybreak ExpressDeath WishLittle FugitiveLittle NickyLost in
TranslationMalcolm XManiacMarathon ManMatrix RevolutionsMen in
Black 2Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Meat TrainMimicMoney TrainMr. WonderfulMy Best
FriendsWeddingMy Boss's DaughterMy Dinner with AndreNaked
CityNetworkNeverwhere (Neil
Gaimens )Next Stop GreenwichVillageNighthawksNorth by
NorthwestOcean's Eleven (2001)ODDESSA FILEOn The LinePaycheckPasser
ByPiPickup On South StreetPredator IIPrizzi's HonorPursuit of
HappynessQuartermass and thePitResident Evil?Risky Buisness
Just Another Girl on theIRTKing KongKing of Comedy
King of New YorkKnowingSleeper CellSliding Doorssongs from the
2nd floorSpeedStep Up 2Strange DaysSubway (by LucBesson)Suicide
Club
SUPERMAN: THEMOVIESwatSWIMMING POOLTAKING OF PELHAM1,2,3Taxi
DriverTeenage Mutant NinjaTurtlesTeenage Mutant NinjaTurtles:
Secret of the
OozeTheyThree and OutTotal RecallTrackmanTrain
SimulatorTrickTubeTwelve Angry MenUnderworld.Untouchablesvolcano
Waking the DeadWARRIORSWeekend at Bernie's IIWest Side StoryWhen
Harry met SallyWhile you were SleepingWings of Desire
