Texture Mapping was originally commissioned by CrossSound, a chamber music ensemble from SouthEast Alaska for the 2002 concert series: “Singing Pictures”. The video was created by Claudia Esslinger and the music was composed by Yunkyung Lee. The installation version (Texture Mapping II) has been exhibited at the Center for Visual Arts at the University of Toledo, Ohio (2002), and it has been performed at the Total Museum in Seoul, South Korea (2003) and was created using similar imagery with a different score by Yunkyung Lee.
The images are based on our reliance on water and the relationship of humanity and industry to this beautiful and imperiled resource. The audio keeps a pulse throughout, accentuating moments of connection. In the gallery setting the transparent scrim is able to both frame and affect the transmitted images that were filmed in a wide variety of international locations. The tiny projection in a petri dish offers a microscopic view of water from a local source in contrast to the broader expanses of the large projection.
The images are based on our reliance on water and the relationship of humanity and industry to this beautiful and imperiled resource. The audio keeps a pulse throughout, accentuating moments of connection. In the gallery setting the transparent scrim is able to both frame and affect the transmitted images that were filmed in a wide variety of international locations. The tiny projection in a petri dish offers a microscopic view of water from a local source in contrast to the broader expanses of the large projection.