25 Caramboles en variaties

'25 Caramboles and Variations: Birthday present for a 25 year old' by Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas was recorded and presented at Café Sport, a place near De Appel, Amsterdam. Three video cameras were arranged at different points around a billiard table. One of the cameras was focused on the cue ball, one on the red ball, and one on the white ball. Cárdenas registered each of the shots and presented them on three different monitors. On the first monitor, a cue strikes a ball; on the second monitor the same ball hits the red ball; on the third monitor the red ball strikes the white ball. In this work we can perceive how Cárdenas started to explore the inherent technical possibilities of video. Video is no longer just a medium of registration but a medium that can … Read more...