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This 30 minute film is based on interviews between an artist and a US drone pilot about the drone pilot program. The pilot discussed the technical aspects of his job and daily routine, and briefly described incidents where both enemies and civilians were fired upon. This caused psychological difficulties for the pilot. The film would show an actor playing the pilot reluctantly sitting for an interview in a hotel room. The interview is repeatedly interrupted by the actor's digressions about his experiences in Las Vegas. Through flashbacks, the stories form a circular plot that returns to the blurred face and voice of the actual pilot discussing how 5000 feet is the best viewing distance to get detail without being too close. The film would be shown on one large screen and a few rows of

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Installation

This 30 minute film is based on interviews between an artist and a US drone pilot about the drone pilot program. The pilot discussed the technical aspects of his job and daily routine, and briefly described incidents where both enemies and civilians were fired upon. This caused psychological difficulties for the pilot. The film would show an actor playing the pilot reluctantly sitting for an interview in a hotel room. The interview is repeatedly interrupted by the actor's digressions about his experiences in Las Vegas. Through flashbacks, the stories form a circular plot that returns to the blurred face and voice of the actual pilot discussing how 5000 feet is the best viewing distance to get detail without being too close. The film would be shown on one large screen and a few rows of

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Video Installation

24 Hours of Psycho

5000 feet is the best

This 30 minute film is based on 2 interviews between


Omer Fast and a US Drone Pilot about the controversial but opaque drone pilot programme took place in a
hotel in las vegas back in September 2010. The operarator agreed to discuss the technical aspects of his job and
his everyday routine. Off camera and off the record, he
breifly described incidents in which both enemies and
civillians and been fired at - and the psychological difficulties hes has experienced as a result of his job. It follows
an actor cast as the drone operator who grudgingly sits
for an interview in a dark hotel. The interview is repeatDouglas Gordons 24 Hours of Psycho
edly interrupted by the actors digressions, which take
In 1993, Scottish artist This stretches the movie out to exactly 24 the viewer on meandering trips around Las Vegas. Told
Douglas Gordon con- hours long. In this peice Gordon wanted in quick flashbacks, the stories form a circular plot that
ceived 24 Hour Psycho, his audience, (mainly watchers of psycho) returns fitfully to the voice and blurred face of the actual
an art installation that to focus and think about Alfred Hitch- drone operator and his unfinished story. He mensions
manipulated the run- cock rather than himself. In a steatement that 5000 ft is the best because you get the most amounts
ning time of Alfred
from the artist he went on to imagine that of detail from a far enough distance away. I would install
Hitchcock's Psycho to this someone might suddenly remember this by having it on one large screen and a few rows of
twenty-four hours. The what they had seen earlier that day, later seats as it is a 30 minute film.
What i have done
that night; perhaps at around 10 oclock,
exhibition in 1993 is
ordering drinks in a crowded bar with
where this peice was
friends, or somewhere else in the city,
showcased. A different perhaps very late at night, just as the
take on familiar classic. someone is undressing to go to bed, they
24 hours of Psycho
may turn their head to the pillow and
is one of gordons most start to think about what they had seen
famous peices of work. that day. He said he thought it would be
The installation has
interesting for that someone to imagine
been slowed down to
what was happening in the gallery right
2 frames per second
then, at that moment in time when they
instead of the usual 24. have no access to the work. I would install
this the same way Gordon did.

Perception vs reality

Matt Mullican is a rose to


prominence as a memeber of the
pictures generation. His work
is concerned with systems of
knowledge, meaning, language
and signification. Mullican
also like to work with the relationship between perseption
and reality. Mullicans Psycho
Architecture shown on the left,
Uses to screens with headphone
to make the experience more
personal to the audience.

On one screen shows a man


walking around a room and
on the the other screen shows
the same exact thing but from
his point of view, this clearly
shows the differences in the
relationship between Perception and reality. i would
install this the same way as
mullican as it includes the
audience in a much more
personal way.

Video Installation

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