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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Seasonal Affective Disorder

posted by on December 4 at 14:22 PM

Jordan Wolfson’s Nostalgia Is Fear and Rodney Graham’s Rheinmetall/Victoria 8 both combine two old technologies to make a new work.

Wolfson01smaller-793025.jpgIn Wolfson’s piece from 2004, which is here in Seattle through December 21, the technologies are radio and pre-computerized car.

Graham%2038282.jpgIn Graham’s piece from 2003, the technologies are the noisy old Victoria 8 film projector in the room combined with the 35-mm film appearing on the screen, and the 1930s typewriter that’s the subject of the film.

But what they really have in common, the thing that fuels the engine of recollection, is snow. It’s pouring out, patently falsely and fantastically, and all I can think about, when I’m not Shop-Vac-ing my flooded basement today, is that the rain just doesn’t have the same a(e)ffect.

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I love Wolfson's piece at Western Bridge- but, ask any 928 owner- there are several expensive computers in the car, depending on model year.

Is fake snow "technology"?

Posted by Ries Niemi | December 5, 2007 6:54 AM
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Is snow inherently more nostalgic, or is that nostalgia romanticized through the art we see? Perhaps there is more of a connection to fantasy?

Posted by sharon | December 5, 2007 12:57 PM

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