Artist's Statement | videoartgwyn

That which begins as simple documentation of the mundane can suddenly become a carnival of mirrors, other dimensions, shifting gravities, broken connections, and unexpected entrainments--each and any of which equate to a poetic language of movement and sound.

Artist's

Statement

Influences

"I want to break down habitual ways of seeing in order to create new visions..."

The style, passion and artistic spirit of the Ballet Russe.

1950's TV show, "Your Hit Parade"

Luis Bunuel, Mexican, director and film maker of avant garde films
Ana Halprin, pioneer of experimental form of post modern dance, film maker of dance films
Carl Jung, Swiss psychologis and psychoanalyst
Busby Berkley, 1950's Hollywood director & choreographer of highly original musical and dance productions
F.W. Murnau's film, "Nosferatu"
Marina Abramovic, performance artist,, writer, and art filmmaker.

And perhaps the most important influence of all-- my dance teachers who also taught me about the artists path, its blood sweat and tears, as well as its healing and empowering aspects.

the Movement Arts Video Poems

of Gwyn Henry

Artist's

Statement

Influences

"I want to break down habitual ways of seeing in order to create new visions..."

The style, passion and artistic spirit of the Ballet Russe.

1950's TV show, "Your Hit Parade"

And perhaps the most important influence of all-- my dance teachers who also taught me about the artists path, its blood sweat and tears, as well as its healing and empowering aspects.

--gwyn

Artist's

Statement

Influences

"I want to break down habitual ways of seeing in order to create new visions..."

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The style, passion and artistic spirit of the Ballet Russe.

1950's TV show, "Your Hit Parade"

And perhaps the most important influence of all-- my dance teachers who also taught me about the artists path, its blood sweat and tears, as well as its healing and empowering aspects.

--gwyn