Bridges Edges: Ismael de Anda III & Eugene Ahn

About

Venice, Italy, is also called the City of Bridges. A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross.

Bridges Edges is a limited run, one day, interactive video installation which incorporates imagery from de Anda’s and Ahn’s US hometowns in proximity to bodies of water connected by bridges, including de Anda’s crossings of multiple port of entry bridges along the Texas-Mexico Gateway across the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River and Ahn’s crossings of the Golden Gate bridge near San Francisco over a strait connecting San Francisco to the Pacific Ocean; as well as his examination of various bridges across the US. Video imagery of these bridges are merged with time-lapsed footage of pedestrians crossing and inhabiting bridges of Venezia and are projected along a corridor/passageway at artespaziotempo. As participants traverse this space from one end to the other, they may engage augmented reality applications of “obstacles”, opportunities for exchange, or scenarios of potential freedom or promise. Through the lens of their smartphones, they may encounter virtual elements such as “trolls” or “sphinxes” regulating passage or structural details of bridges or architectural forms that they may virtually superimpose or merge with other surrounding architectural forms or surroundings “in real life”.

The day event is curated by Camilla Boemio.