Alejandro Borsani ❮
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Aurora

Two video projectors, 4-channel audio system, plexiglass (12" x 9"), plastic snow, custom electronics
Dimensions: 7ft x 3ft x 5ft
Variable Duration
2008


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Aurora is a video installation inspired by an unusual snowstorm in the city of Buenos Aires in July of 2007. Two synchronized projections of a blurred self-portrait in motion reveal subtle facial movements while four small speakers narrate a short story that took place during the storm. In between the two projections and the four speakers, fake snowflakes occasionally fall from the celling. Integrated to the gallery's architecture, a fake snowmaking device releases plastic particles resembling snowflakes that build up in the floor.


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Aurora es una video instalación inspirada en una inusual tormenta de nieve en la ciudad de Buenos Aires en julio de 2007. Dos proyecciones sincronizadas de un autorretrato en movimiento revelan sutiles movimientos faciales mientras cuatro pequeños parlantes narran una anécdota que sucedió durante la tormenta. Integrada al espacio de la galería, una máquina libera partículas de plástico similares a copos de nieve, que lentamente se acumulan en el suelo.