DRAWDOWN is a single channel video piece directed by Phoenix Perry in collaboration with Arnold Steiner and sound by Brian Jackson (Infinite Volume) completed in 2004 for the Reline DVD compilation.
Drawdown: the process by which the dominant species in an ecosystem uses up the surrounding resources faster than they can be replaced.
Drawdown explores the relationship between man, machine, environment and the culture of greed in the world. Looking at the body as both a polluted system and a vehicle for enlightenment, we see the human form as an evolving machine empty of meaning in and of itself. In this context, the delusions of ego and self-importance become clear.
Drawdown suggests we look beyond our own selfish desire to see the vast beauty and abundance of the world around us.
As we look for the basic meaning of human existence amidst a technological culture, we must question if our technologies aid human evolution or accelerates the process of extinction. The answer immediately reveals the state of the human consciousness each man crafts into the world.
SELECTED EXHIBITION LIST
Bushwick Arts Festival, May 2006 Brooklyn, NY
Dissonance Festival, May 2006 Rome, Italy
European Media Arts Festival - OSNABRÜCK, Germany May 2005
Seoul Net Festival, Seoul Korea - May 1 - June 30 2005
Pixelache - Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art,.Helsinki, Finland April 14-17 2005
Art Channel - France Art Network - Jan 2005
Transmediale - international Media Art Festival, Berlin - Feb. 2006
YULE Festival Of Light, Amsterdam, Neterlands - Dec. 21-23 2005
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany 2005
Cimatics Festival, Brussels, Belgium - Nov. 26-30
The New Forms Festival, Vancouver, Canada - Oct. 2004
Project 101, Paris, France - Nov. 4th 2004
LACMA, Los Angeles, USA - Oct. 31 2004
Virginia Film Festival, USA - Oct. 28 2004
New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater, USA - July 2004
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