Dieter Kiessling - art   back next
Two Cameras, 1998, video installation, sound, edition: 3 + 1 AE. runningtime of the documentary: 1:19 min. contact: Hengesbach Gallery
Two video cameras record one another and transmit the pictures to two monitors. Yet the distance between the two cameras is too short to produce clear images. Since the autofocus function is switched on in both cameras, they constantly try to produce clear images of one another by adjusting the focal length ot the lenses. Due to these continually changing focal lengths the images of the cameras played on the monitors constantly change with regard to both sharpness of focus and size. The sound of the autofocus mechanism is amplified and emitted by the speakers of the monitors.