Chasing Waterfalls (still), 2016, random dot autostereoscopic video with sound; 10 min. Courtesy the artist.
Chasing Waterfalls, 2016, random dot autostereoscopic video with sound; 10 min. Courtesy the artist.
Located in the Queens Museum Cafe, Chasing Waterfalls consists of three illusionistic videos based on the artist’s footage of real waterfalls in upstate New York. The source footage was converted into a random dot autostereoscopic format, which is an older form of a three-dimensional special effect that requires the viewer to “blur” their vision in order to experience the embedded image. Unlike current 3D technology that delivers an immediate experience, these videos require a greater level of commitment from the viewer in order to be fully seen. Perhaps this experience of delayed gratification and obscured audio-visual sensory perception is similar to the experience of locating the waterfalls in Platte Cove, New York, where one must follow the sound of falling water to find them in the densely forested area.
Carl Marin earned an an MFA in Sculpture & Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University (2013) and a BFA in Sculpture and Painting from Tyler School of Art (2007). He was a recipient of the College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship (2013), and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2012). Marin was the recipient of a Philadelphia Percent for Art Commission (2014). He has had a solo show at FLUXspace, Philadelphia, PA (2011) and has been included in group shows at Sediment Gallery, Richmond, VA (2015), Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY (2015), Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY (2014), VCU Sculpture MFA Alumni Exhibition, New York, NY (2014), Virtual Public Art Project, ActivatAR (2014), and the ICA Open Video Call, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (2012).