Impermanence: Embracing Change

"Impermanence: Embracing Change," is a video installation that explores the temporal nature of life. Developed for "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," it marked one the the first artistic uses of video iPods.

The installation is based on 122 interviews taken with people, who answered questions about their thoughts on Impermanence. These videos were edited down into short films that are shown simultaneously in the iPods. David and Hi-Jin choreographed the installation by changing the mood, tempo, rhythm and method of delivery at specific intervals during the exhibit. At some points there are many speakers, each on a separate iPod, taking about a single subject. At others a single speaker appears on all 16 iPods speaking on a broad topic.

As viewer circle the room, they often find a face, a person, or a topic that resonates with them. Some viewers may choose to circle the room for a few minutes, taking in only a small sample of each speaker. Other may stay much longer. In the end, most leave with a deep impression about how impermanence has touched their lives.

This installation became the basis for the DVD in the book published by Snow Lion entitled "Impermanence: Embracing Change" available at www.snowlionpub.com.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• impermanence
• dalai
• lama
• missing
• peace
• david
• hodge
• hijin
• temporal
• video
• installation
• ipod
• apple

[MetrazolElectricity]

I thought my last relationship would last forever... Now she's with someone else. But that's the way of life, everything is uncertain and accepting that is liberating

[normanelizondo]

the stream of voices, the billions of voices in the world trying to sort out and make sense of Life.

[markidarkistark]

To what end did the artist include a babble of voices in the background?

[TimHGuitar]

The last comment, that we come into and out of life involunterily is not what I've heard. It's been said that we "choose" our existence, including our time and place as well as the DNA that our parents will pass onto us, thereby presenting the likelihood of certain challenges in this life experience. It is just that he choice is not made by our subconscious mind. Perhap that last individual was referring to the subconcious decisions that we seem to make in life.