Second Sight/Split Second brings together many of my various interests in art, science and the wonders of nature.  Producing educational videos at MIT I have long been a fan of Doc Edgerton’s high-speed photographs and films.  Last year I had an occasion to see a demo of the Edgerton’s labs high-speed video camera that led to the acquisition of the camera for this installation.  
 
I am interested in exploring human gesture to look at what we think we understand from a different perspective.  I was also interested in challenging notions and perceptions of time.  I decided to film 1 second actions or gestures.  These are recorded using the specialized Edgerton Camera and when played back take 3 minutes to see the single second in its entirety.  There is an uncanniness to the images, an attraction/repulsion that can be hypnotic.  I present the videos as individual pieces, almost as if it were a photo exhibit.  The relationship between the stillness of the video images and the photographic images is also something that I am questioning.  At what point it still really still?
 
Second Sight/Split Second (Ongoing)
 
Chilangolandia: Capital en Movimiento
(in Post-Production)
 
I have been a frequent traveler to Mexico and Latin America since 1997.  I have fallen in love with the place and feel a deep connection to the land, the culture and the people.  One of the icons of Mexican culture that has always fascinated me since my first visit there has been “Lucha Libre”, which is an outrageous Mexican style of wrestling.  I was drawn to the mythology and mystique of the game as well as its humor and fanaticism.  In the summer of 2001, I traveled to Mexico City to make a film portrait of the city with Lucha as its focus.  I ended up filming “Lucha Libre” and so much more.  The structure of the piece is still in development.
Balkan Rhapsodies (1-78) 
Now Screening!   click for more details