Scott Stark in Person

In Scott Stark's work, one senses an inner scaffolding, a rigorous score that organizes and modulates his footage. His pieces contain an extra dimension: the viewer's imagination. For example, in Slow, scenes are wiped away, only to reappear in our memory, to be folded again and again into levels of past and present experience. In I'll Walk With God, glimpses of a troubled world boil to the surface of the screen and our minds, as vague, recurring fears assert themselves. The true action in Noema is just out of reach; the expected shock is shunted into a netherworld of averted gazes and imagined events. Editing achieves a sublimation of the original material into an undulating dance. Structuring the audiovisual flow structures the viewer's awareness, as Stark creates new forms and new techniques for each piece.

For this program I've chosen six works made in the last eight years: Slow (2001, 16 mins). I'll Walk With God (1994, 7:30 mins). Noema (1998, 11 mins). Angel Beach (2001, 18 mins). In.Side.Out. (1999, 11 mins). Acceleration (1993, 9:30 mins).