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Artist Statement:
http://bryantdameron.com
Sunlight was our constant; the
same cycling quality of light
since the dawn of our
existence. We call the light
day, and it is one of our
basic units for understanding
time. For light's absence we
harnessed fire to fill the
void - huddled around the
dancing flames our enchantment
with the flicker began. Now
the flicker is blue, not
orange, and we are the ashes
of the monitor's burning
image.
The mental trick of
persistence of vision is now
more valuable than seeing with
one's own eyes. More and more
images are our validation.
Stoic screens leave us more
connected to unnatural, flat
celebrity faces than to our
next-door-neighbors.
The constant non-pattern of
sunlight is replaced by the
flickering ghost simulacra of
the screen. We close our
window blinds to block the
glare of sunlight from our
screens for sixty half-images
per second to bombard the
retina. Copies of copies of
photons are transferred from
wave to particle to wave to
particle and bring blue ocean
waves to suburban living rooms
at 2 AM. From communal
campfires to quiet streets of
strangers watching strangers.
Flickering ghost simulacra is
our new ...
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Exhibitions for Bryant Dameron:
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· "Blink," "Eye." Square Eyes Festival. Arnhem, HOLLAND. September, 2009.
· "Blink," "Digital Shores," "Eye," "Ghost of April," "Longing and Legacy," "Looking Past One's Own Reflection."
ZeroFilme DVD Compilation. Barreiro, PORTUGAL. July 2009.
· "Follow," Videoart Festival Miden. Kalamata, GREECE. July 2009.
· "Eye," "Evidence," "Disconnect," "Ghost of April," Performance Intermedia Festival.
Szczecin, POLAND. June 2009.
· "Tide," Rosebud Film and Video Festival. Arlington, VA. June 2009.
· "Tide," I've Seen Films International Short Film Festival, (internet competition). Milan ITALY. 2009
· "Tide," 15th Twin Rivers Media Festival. Asheville, NC. May 2009.
· "Tide," 2nd Virginia Independent Film Festival. Richmond, VA. April 2009.
· "Longing and Legacy," The Pixel Project, (internet exhibition) Unknown Artist Virtual Museum. April 2009.
· "Tide," 16th James River Film Festival. Richmond, VA. April 2009.
· "Digital Shores" & "Eye," Off the Strip. Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV. April 2009.
· "Evidence," Reality Gallery American Slide-All. New York Studio Gallery, New York, NY. January 2009.
· "Evidence," Pixxelpoint 2008. City Gallery, Nova Gorica, SLOVENIA. December 2008.
· "Plaza" & "Blink," Pixel Pops! 2008. Krannert Art Museum at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. November 2008.
· "Disconnect," 2nd ACE Film Festival. New York, NY. September 2008.
· "Evidence," Videoholica 08. Varna, BULGARIA, August 2008
· "Evidence," The 809 International New Image Art Festival. Three Gorges, CHINA, July 2008
· "Reconnect," 4th Oxford Film Festival. Oxford, MS. February 2007
· "Undefined," Premiere, Byrd Theatre. Richmond, VA. October 2006
· "Street: Long I Stood," America's Best Student Shorts (TV Program). March 2006
· "Disconnect," L3FTB3H1ND (Group show & internet exhibition). Gallery 5, Richmond, VA. November 2005
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