Peter Campus is an American artist, born in 1937 in New York. He is very well known for his interactive and single channel video work. However, he also has many photographic and digital video works. His work runs from the 1970's to present day. Campus' works are collected by major museums/galleries, which include the MoMa in New York, the Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, the Whitney Museum, the Renia Sofia and the Centre Pompidou.
He received critical acclaim for his video works which explored identity, reality, and the relationship/interaction between viewer and artwork. The works I am presenting to you are Double Vision (1971) and Three Transitions (1973), which are considered to be very influential in our world of Art.
For Double Vision he used two cameras and the technique of superimposition. His usage of these two things are the beginnings of more experimentation with the medium. All his works have to do with self image/transformation, identity, reality, and so on. Campus' works show his interest in questioning reality, which is a theme he plays with in his videos. I couldn't find the video of Double Vision on youtube, so I posted the pictures instead. If you want to see the video, here is the link: http://found0bjects.blogspot.com/2010/11/peter-campus-double-vision-1971.html
in Three Transitions Campus transforms his image in three different ways. In this video he experiments with blue screen technology, superimposition once again (in this case superimposing one image of himself upon another image). In the video it appears as if he is climbing throughout his own body or rather "breaking through the image of himself." This could possibly be symbolic of self-discovery.
I really like his work because it questions and explores a question we as human beings all have: "Who are we" and sometimes "Are we experiencing reality?" In this world, we all are trying to discover ourselves. It's almost always about self-image.
I have no doubt that every human being at some point in there life asked these questions and really pondered on them. Thus, I believe that Peter Campus has definitely chosen a theme that includes the issues and interest of every human being. -Amena Kamel
He received critical acclaim for his video works which explored identity, reality, and the relationship/interaction between viewer and artwork. The works I am presenting to you are Double Vision (1971) and Three Transitions (1973), which are considered to be very influential in our world of Art.
For Double Vision he used two cameras and the technique of superimposition. His usage of these two things are the beginnings of more experimentation with the medium. All his works have to do with self image/transformation, identity, reality, and so on. Campus' works show his interest in questioning reality, which is a theme he plays with in his videos. I couldn't find the video of Double Vision on youtube, so I posted the pictures instead. If you want to see the video, here is the link: http://found0bjects.blogspot.com/2010/11/peter-campus-double-vision-1971.html
in Three Transitions Campus transforms his image in three different ways. In this video he experiments with blue screen technology, superimposition once again (in this case superimposing one image of himself upon another image). In the video it appears as if he is climbing throughout his own body or rather "breaking through the image of himself." This could possibly be symbolic of self-discovery.
I really like his work because it questions and explores a question we as human beings all have: "Who are we" and sometimes "Are we experiencing reality?" In this world, we all are trying to discover ourselves. It's almost always about self-image.
I have no doubt that every human being at some point in there life asked these questions and really pondered on them. Thus, I believe that Peter Campus has definitely chosen a theme that includes the issues and interest of every human being. -Amena Kamel
Double Vision still