Benton-C Bainbridge: VHS Portraits
Event Type: exhibition
Start Date: 19 Feb 2013 – 2 Mar 2013
Hours: Tues. – Sat., 12-6PM
Cost: Free
Venue: Eyebeam
“Luis D. Rosado” (detail) by Benton-C Bainbridge
Opening reception: February 21, 6–8pm in the Eyebeam Bookstore
This installation coincides with Gimme More: Is Augmented Reality the Next Medium?
From February 19 to March 2, Eyebeam alumnus Benton-C will make painterly video portraiture of incoming Eyebeam Bookstore visitors using old-school video gear. Sitters will be altered using hacked wedding video mixers and TiVos that have been wired together, lit by video projection. Past results of Benton-C’s project have been compared to the Andy Warhol film portraits in Chelsea Girls. The analog portraits are recorded straight to VHS T-5 tapes. As each T-5 is filled, it’s added to a stack of tapes that anyone can pop into a VCR to play for the duration of the exhibition.
Portraits for sale
Individual portraits will be on sale as one-of-a-kind art objects, which bookstore visitors can buy or donate to Eyebeam for others to purchase.
People: Benton-C Bainbridge
Research: Vision
Eyebeam´s WWW site for the Benton-C Bainbridge: VHS Portraits exhibition at Archive.org