Untitled (Red)

2003

DV-video Pal, 4:3, color, sound, 3:30 min

Music: Bach´s Cantata BWV12 (Weeping, Wailing,, Grieving, Fearing), 1714. Philippe Herreweghe (Conductor), performed by Collegium Vocale Gent, Harmonia Mundi France, 2003

A frozen cube of red wine melts to reveal a secret inside. The abstract and romantic nature of this piece is enhance by the classical musical soundtrack used. Using time manipulation, the work remains ambiguous, something between pathetic and the sublime.