{"id":130,"date":"2014-01-21T20:08:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/portfolio\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2023-03-28T23:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T23:35:08","slug":"the-lightness-of-unbearable-being","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dkareken.com\/blog\/personal-work\/the-lightness-of-unbearable-being\/","title":{"rendered":"the lightness of unbearable being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4s_uqFREt88\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-821\" src=\"http:\/\/dkareken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/lightness_feature_2.jpg\" alt=\"lightness_feature_2\" width=\"605\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dkareken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/lightness_feature_2.jpg 605w, https:\/\/dkareken.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/lightness_feature_2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u25b7\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">the lightness of unbearable being<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">video documentation\u00a0(click image to view)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u25b7\u00a0<\/span>this clip is a documentation of the video\/object installation entitled\u00a0<em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">the\u00a0<\/em><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">lightness of<br \/>\nunbearable being<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u25b7\u00a0<\/span>a tiny video monitor set into the box makes the video portion of this piece visible only when kneeling directly in front of the object<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u25b7\u00a0<\/span>the audio portion was audible only through the set of headphones hanging adjacent<br \/>\nto the box<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u25b7\u00a0<\/span>over the course of the piece the video and audio alternate in a loop between two different but closely related versions<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u25b7\u00a0<\/span>though visually identical, these two versions contain important acoustic differences<br \/>\nthe section of this documentation labeled \u2018actual footage\u2019 is included to show a more accurate representation of what would be seen when looking into the object<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u25b7\u00a0<\/span>this piece has existed in two forms: as a linear, wall mounted version driven by an s-vhs video player and as a tabletop version driven by a computer and controlled with a mouse<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u25b7\u00a0<\/span>this documentation is representative of the linear version, where each section plays through in its entirety without user control<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a title=\"falling for you\" href=\"http:\/\/dkareken.com\/blog\/?page_id=125\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">previous piece<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a title=\"expectations\" href=\"http:\/\/dkareken.com\/blog\/?page_id=127\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">next piece<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a title=\"personal work\" href=\"http:\/\/dkareken.com\/blog\/?page_id=46\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">personal work<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25b7\u00a0the lightness of unbearable being video documentation\u00a0(click image to view) \u25b7\u00a0this clip is a documentation of the video\/object installation entitled\u00a0the\u00a0lightness of unbearable being \u25b7\u00a0a tiny video monitor set into the box makes the video portion of this piece visible only when kneeling directly in front of the object \u25b7\u00a0the audio portion was audible only through &hellip; 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