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Dan Graham (American, born 1942)
Helix/Spiral, 1973
Between 1969 and 1973, Dan Graham made six film works, of which Helix/Spiral is the last. Each film explores the perceptual relationship between the filmed image and the boundaries of the human body. In Helix/Spiral one person stands still while filming another person. The second person, also holding a camera, walks slowly toward the first in a spiraling movement. At the same time, the stationary performer holds the back of the camera to his body and moves it in a descending helix from the eyes to the feet.
The particular contour of the stationary performer's body determines the camera's angle at any given moment. As Graham observed, the viewer is unsure of whether to identify with the camera or the performer, since the camera becomes part of the performer's body, leading the viewer to identify with both. The physical contact between performer and camera underscores Graham's interest in the camera as an extension of the body and as a perceptual tool.
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About Dan Graham
Born 1942, Urbana, Illinois
Lives in New York, New York
Recognized as a leading installation artist for decades, Dan Graham is one of today's most influential artists. Graham's artworks and critical writing have long examined architecture and urban planning. Dan Graham is well known for his large-scale architectural pavilions of two-way mirrored glass, such as the Rooftop Urban Park he created in 1987 for the Dia Center for the Arts in New York. The circle of glass caps the Dia Center and unifies the surroundings of Battery Park City, the Hudson River and the New Jersey landscape.
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Anthony McCall (American, born England, 1946)
Line Describing a Cone, 1973
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