Double Mirror Video

Double Mirror Video

General Idea
1971, 5:50 min, b&w, sound

Description

In this early conceptual experiment by General Idea, the artists manipulate reflecting surfaces to generate optical "feedback." Two mirrors are positioned to face one another over the edge of a lake. The mirrors are gradually tilted as the camera zooms in and out, revealing fragments of faces and rippling water. The multiplication of reflections produces a kaleidoscopic, disorienting effect.

A Borderline Case. Restored from the original master by Vtape, Toronto, March 2009.