CRISTEN LEIFHEIT
WORK SAMPLES
Repaint, Replenish, Repeat 1
Single channel video, silent, 5 min. 2018
Experimental work investigating the tension between time-lapse, stop motion, and motion graphic forms.
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Repaint, Replenish, Repeat 2
Single channel video, sound, 5 min, 2018
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Yellow Gold
3 min, Single Channel HD Video 2015
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Single Channel Installation, 60” monitor, bench, sound, 7 min. 2019
A large monitor installed on the floor presents an audio performance juxtaposed with found Internet footage to question the relationship between information and direct experience. I utilize formal conventions of theatre, social media, and reportage to generate a contemporary narrative in which two humans experience an unexpected encounter within a changed environment.
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Liquid Crystal
Multi-channel video installation, 2 projection screens (72x108”, 54x96”), 1 phone, 1 tablet, tree stump, sound, 5 min. 2017
A multi-channel video installation forms a landscape of screens, bringing attention to the materiality of media technology by animating isolated elements of a landscape in relationship to the whole.
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Load Bearing
Single channel video installation, 54x72” screen, silent, 6 min. 2019
In one floating frame, time-lapse reveals events unfolding while stop motion characters respond, questioning relationships between passive and active change.
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