Tasman Richardson at MOCCA

I discovered the work of Canadian video artist Tasman Richardson during my last visit to MOCCA in Toronto. The exhibition is called "Necropolis" and is a set of 6 different installations put together in a labyrinth-like tunnel. The experience for the viewer is one of discovery. The room is completely dark and you have to move around touching the walls to make sure you are going the right way.

His works involve fast-cut editing of pre-existing footage, everything from classic movies to videos. The result is a sort of music video with a lot of images stacked up and rolling before your eyes at a pace of one image per 4 frames. Super fast and eery is the end effect. Definitely worth watching.

Richardson proposed back in 1997 his own manifesto for video creation. The Jawa Manifesto, revised in 2008, is the basis of his work.

Here is an article on the exhibition at MOCCA:
http://www.canadianart.ca/online/see-it/2012/02/23/tasman_richardson/

And here is Richardson's website with a link to his previous video works and his Jawa manifesto:
http://www.tasmanrichardson.com/