The collaborative practice of Mary and Stephan
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Whole

 

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Whole

High Definition Video with Sound, Duration: 2 min 30 sec. Loop, Aspect Ratio 16:9, 2 Ch Stereo, 2012

Embarking on an epic adventure, the collaborative artistic team of Hillerbrand-Magsamen creates new levels of interaction, communication, and exploration by breaking and cutting holes into their actual home to make a habitrail-like environment where they go nowhere fast.  With conscious forethought, Hillerbrand+Magsamen critically examines the media grammar in our popular culture today by applying a "Hollywood" aesthetic to their work with layered dramatic music, visually rich cinematography, and faced-paced editing. This “style” is juxtaposed against the performance-based video that expands the idea of the home video to a completely new level.