Eclipse

C. Spencer Yeh

2009, 7:46 min, color, sound

A study in anatomy, scale and extended vocal technique, Eclipse comprises multilayered sound and imagery of the artist's mouth in closeup, issuing a grating squall. A flashlight, offscreen, generates an unsteady haloing effect around the gaping mouth. With multiple takes superimposed, the effect resembles an eclipse, contrasting intimate self-portraiture of the body and the celestial phenomenon it suggests.

Scrub Study

C. Spencer Yeh

2009, 7:05 min, color, sound

Scrub Study explores relationships among artist, voice and image, with technology as intermediary. This composited multi-channel video is based around a direct head-and-shoulders view of the artist performing various autodidactic extended techniques. The source footage has been fed into a...