Wigry, Poland/Blue Mountains, Australia

Wigry, Poland/Blue Mountains, Australia

Nan Hoover
1988-89, 13:06 min, color and b&w, sound
Blue Mountains, Australia
Nan Hoover
1988, 6:16 min, color, sound

This formal study of reflections of light and shadow in water is accompanied by the ambient sound of trickling water. In Blue Mountains, Australia, Hoover gradually freezes the image, while the audio continues unabated.

Wigry, Poland
Nan Hoover
1989, 6:50 min, color, sound

In Wigry, Poland, the monochromatic imagery forms an elusive, almost abstract composition. Despite the specificity of the title, Hoover does not depict a naturalistic landscape, but instead evokes an inner, meditative state.

Description

Hoover creates ephemeral, poetic landscapes in these two works. Despite the specificity of place in the titles, Hoover does not depict exterior, naturalistic landscapes, but evokes inner, meditative states. Both works are formal studies of reflections of light and shadow in water, accompanied by the ambient sound of trickling water. In Wigry, Poland, the monochromatic imagery forms an elusive, almost abstract composition; in Blue Mountains, Australia, Hoover gradually freezes the image, while the audio continues unabated.