artport gate page March 03: David Crawford

artport gate page March 03
David Crawford: Stop Motion Studies #7
http://artport.whitney.org
David Crawford's Stop Motion Studies extend his long-standing interest in
narrative and, in particular, look at the subway as a stage upon which
social dynamics and individual behavior are increasingly mediated by digital
technology. As one of the most vibrant and egalitarian networks in our
cities, subways bring people from a wide range of social and cultural
backgrounds into close contact with each other.

In the remix for the Whitney's artport, Crawford took previous material and
added a meta-structure which allows users to apply database logic as a
creative filter. The project's original sequential construct remains intact,
but is now nested within a categorical hierarchy. The interface supports a
spatial montage in which sequences from four cities appear simultaneously.
Users are invited to reconstruct mini-narratives based upon the paths they
take through the data.