{"uid":"t0H0maXRonsIkGk4","type":"artist","tags":["video"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Ambivalence Is Where The Heart Is, 2020, duration 30 minutes.","summary":"This work is an auto-ethnographic film which features my childhood home, situated in one of Edinburgh's council housing estates. A place that has been a constant through good and bad experiences in my life, offering a place of sanctuary and reflection while also provoking feelings of inhibiting claustrophobia due to the lack of stimulation or movement. The video is a single shot, taken from the kitchen window of the flat, which tries to capture how time almost seems to stand still there, as well as communicating to the audience a sense of unease or discomfort despite visually seeming pleasant or inviting. I did this through the manipulation of the audio track, looping every 20 seconds or so, creating a sense of familiarity to the viewer. The stillness in the visual component of the film is intended to construct a sense of waiting, and wanting something to happen, but nothing ever does. Using the architecture of the buildings to establish the aforementioned sense of claustrophobia. The warm sunny nature of the scene is to show the sanctuary like nature of the place. This is then consciously altered by the use of the audio and the length of the film playing with the perception of the viewer and their engagement, intentionally drawn out with little in the way of stimulus inviting the viewer to stay with the film as long as they like. In light of recent events, regarding the full lock down a lot of us find ourselves in has given this work further meaning in these difficult times.","space":"This work is adaptable in its installation. As a video work I see it being displayed on a wall mounted monitor or projected,\ngiving a sense of almost looking through or out of a window. I personally feel that the audio is best utilised through headphones, cutting the viewer off from the surroundings and encouraging them to engage with the art work more thoroughly.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6DktnekjjkA","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Scott","surname":"Pearce","email":"scott.pearce1994@live.co.uk","dni_type":"Other","dni":"CC11782872","address":"2\/2 16 Hillfoot Street","city":"Glasgow","nacionality":"Scottish","country_id":"81","birthdate":"1994-09-26T23:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1994-09-26T23:00:00.000Z","telephone":"07860808848","web":"https:\/\/scottpearceart.wordpress.com\/"}