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Art Works by Owen Eric Wood
click images for more about each project
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Holobomo
video
A look at the concept of appropriation in relation to life in a society over saturated with images.
Overwhelmed by visual information, the artist tries imbed himself into film footage
by projecting images on himself.
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Parallel
photography, drawing, video, performance
Various artist disciplines merge as the artist creates and recreates his own image in a seemingly endless cycle of self depiction
that poses the question, am I not the creator of my own fate?
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Made Up
video
The concept of masculinity is questioned in an interview that blurs the line between objective documentary and subjective fiction.
As the video progresses, the images and sound are gradually manipulated to undermine what is being said.
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The Clothes Make the Man
video installation with performance, single-channel video
By dressing himself in a wide-range of outfits, the artist raises questions about the stereotypes associated with fashion,
and our ability to judge each other by what we wear.
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Quality Time with the Family
video installation with performance, single-channel video
The artist recreates the alientating experience of eating dinner with his family by constructing a live-size dining
table setting where each of his family members are replaced by a looping video.
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Learn to Smile, Learn to Laugh, Learn to Be Happy
video projection on sculpture with performance
Video projection is imposed on sculpture and the artist's body to show that happiness and other emotions
cannot be controled, but are a natural reaction to the experiences in our lives.
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Portrait of the Artist with his Family
video projection on sculpture, drawing
The artist uses absence rather than presence in the relationship between art media to express emotional, psychological and
spiritual distance between himself and his family in this exploration of identity through genealogy.
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Eric and Eric
video projection on sculpture
The technical imperfections of video projection merging with sculptural form serves as a visual metaphor for the imperfrections
in human relationships as exists in the intimacy of these two lovers.
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Momentum: a video series in four movements
video
The relationship between sound and image is explored in this series of abstract videos that manipulate time to create
meditative atmospheres, rhytmic compositions and noises from ominous creatures.
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Lost
video, Web art
Owen Eric Wood questions the phenomenon of Internet chat sites by constructing a narrative
using actual text from online conversations and photographing himself to mimic the aesthetics of online profiles.
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Painting and Drawing Portfolio
painting, drawing
A selection of images from the Owen Eric Wood's portfolio of paintings and drawings in various media.
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