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Los Angeles, CA - Acclaimed video
artist Robert Drummond premieres Emotion Anamorphic
his latest video installation show at DCA Fine Art in Venice,
California on Friday, August 29, 2003 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm.
Highlighting new works, which explore abstraction and movement
through the technique of anamorphic distortion, the exhibit
will run for three weeks - through Friday, September 19, 2003.
DCA is located at 219 Rose Avenue, ˝ block East of Main
Street and directly across the street from the Rose Café.
Those attending the opening
nights will be treated to an exclusive presentation of
"Abigail Dreams" (2001), one of Drummond's most
dynamic works that creates a holographic effect of a floating
angel. For the opening, the artist will place this
installation outside in the gallery's courtyard.
Drummond's installations employ
various projection methods and sculptural components. He
integrates video imagery with structural forms and evocative
soundscapes. Montages are projected across resin figures,
textured glass, freestanding window frames and even human
models. "The ability to create dynamic environments,
through the interplay of light and surface, is video grafting
with more traditional forms of art," says Drummond who
believes that video can transcend the classic monitor frame,
becoming its own living, breathing, sculptural entity.
Traveling through his video installation spaces, viewers are
welcome to depart from the standard proscenium interaction of
viewer and image and dissolve into a more organic universe of
encompassing light beams, visceral sound and interactive,
layered planes.
His two most recent
installation exhibitions were at the Pacific Design Center in
2002 and his Memory Prismatic show in January of 2003. The
later took place at ad agency Ground Zero, a massive warehouse
in Los Angeles, hosting hundreds of visitors who were able to
walk through fifty-foot projections and explore a labyrinth of
installation galleries and performance spaces.
Drummond's training spans a
number of fields including lighting for stage and film in New
York and Los Angeles, construction, photography,
cinematography, videography, sound recording & mixing. He
studied sound under Thomlinson Holman (THX) at USC, electronic
music with Curtis Rhodes at UCSB and then launched into
digital video. "I was ready to use these wonderful
digital tools to go beyond the constraints of narrative
filmmaking and into abstraction. Sound had taught me how to
find presence and video was the canvas.
"The first installation
exhibit I experienced, featured work by Nam June Paik and Bill
Viola in a small gallery space. Later I would work for one of
these characters and study both of their methodologies."
When Drummond moved to LA he further discovered the beauty of
experimental filmmaking and had the honor of meeting
experimental masters and historians such as Pat O'Neil and
David James.
Robert Drummond started
mELTDOWN Productions to help facilitate the production of his
art and to pursue live performance video shows, architectural
installations, and other various commercial horizons. He has
edited, directed, and shot video for clients such as Mazda,
Steelcase, Herman Miller and Red Bull. Drummond also has
created video backgrounds for members of Cirque du Soliel, the
Debbie Allen Dance Academy, VH1 documentaries, The Mayan
Theater, Cannibal Flower, club Star Shoes, and installed works
in underground art events across LA. He has also worked
closely with various musicians on both music videos as well as
live performance environments such as George Clinton, Mount
Sims and Felix Da House Cat.
Robert Drummond graduated from
Vassar with a BA in Film and Drama and he received his Master
of Fine Arts degree from University of Southern California. He
is credited with creating "Phoenix Crossing," the
first digital video thesis at USC's School of
Cinema-Television, in 1999. The experimental short has since
screened at LA Film Forum, the Williamsburg Brooklyn Film
Festival, the Director's Guild, the Mill Valley Film Festival,
and won "Best Experimental" at the New York
International Independent Film & Video Festival in 1999.
DCA Fine Art recently opened
its new space in February 2003. DCA's mission is to showcase
emerging and vibrant contemporary art from all corners of the
globe for the enjoyment, edification and social benefit of our
local communities. Its unique layout includes breathtaking
sight lines, a large, metal-framed interior window, and nearly
1000 sq. ft. of patio space. Gallery hours are by appointment
only. There will be special weekend evening hours available
for the Robert Drummond show. Please call DCA for details at
310-396-8565.
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For more information or to interview Robert Drummond please
contact Lynn Hasty at Green Galactic at 323-466-5141 or
lynn@greengalactic.com. Also, please visit
www.robertdrummond.com.
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