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Collection Spotlight: Sara VanDerBeek
In film and photography, superimposition is a technique of layering multiple images within a single frame. Here, Sara VanDerBeek splices and overlaps found images culled from myriad sources, time periods, and cultural contexts鈥� a process she has described as a 鈥渃ross-fade made concrete.鈥� VanDerBeek鈥檚 practice has traditionally involved constructing temporary sculptures for the sole purpose of photographing them. In The Principle of Superimposition 2, twenty-four image panels form a freestanding screen, a structure inspired by architect Eileen Gray鈥檚 iconic folding 鈥淏rick鈥� screen. By holding moments of transition in suspension, the artist introduces superimposition as a phenomenon with both material and psychological resonances. For VanDerBeek, the work evokes the 鈥渟hifting screen of memory,鈥� one in which 鈥渕oments from the past and present rise and recede in the dark theatrical space of consciousness.鈥�
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In film and photography, superimposition is a technique of layering multiple images within a single frame. Here, Sara VanDerBeek splices and overlaps found images culled from myriad sources, time periods, and cultural contexts鈥� a process she has described as a 鈥渃ross-fade made concrete.鈥� VanDerBeek鈥檚 practice has traditionally involved constructing temporary sculptures for the sole purpose of photographing them. In The Principle of Superimposition 2, twenty-four image panels form a freestanding screen, a structure inspired by architect Eileen Gray鈥檚 iconic folding 鈥淏rick鈥� screen. By holding moments of transition in suspension, the artist introduces superimposition as a phenomenon with both material and psychological resonances. For VanDerBeek, the work evokes the 鈥渟hifting screen of memory,鈥� one in which 鈥渕oments from the past and present rise and recede in the dark theatrical space of consciousness.鈥�
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