Eric Corriel Studios

multidisciplinary art studio • immersive and interactive public art • art activism • digital/electronic art • nyc

The Over And The Under

Site-specific video installation, 2012

Nighttime photograph of two storefronts, one on each side of the frame, separated by an abandon-looking door in the middle. In the left storefront is projected an video of the surface of water, from below; reflected in the windows is a bright yellow awning of the liquor store across the street. In the right storefront is projected a violet-ish rendering of clouds as seen from above.
Photo by Keiko Niwa

The Over And The Under removes people from their terrestrial urban experience and places them at the zenith of the over and the nadir of the under; above the clouds and below the sea Shown in conjunction with Chashama in Harlem, New York

The Over And The Under is about about calm, repose, reflection, and an escape from the urban and the terrestrial. It brings bright and saturated colors to an otherwise monochrome city block. As the bookends of our natural environment—clouds and sea—are smushed together, we can’t help but realize we live in between these two extremes, which in this particular case, is where the For Rent sign is...

Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is an image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a purple-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level. There is a black silhouette of a toddler wearing a dress in front of the rightmost window.
Photo by Kiko Niwa

This piece was shown from October 11th—October 28th, 2012 at 1351 Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem, New York. It measures 35’ x 10’ and the video runs for 28’ on loop.

In coversation with NYPD
Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is a (different) image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a blue-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level.
Photo by Kiko Niwa
Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is a (different) image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a pink-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level.
Photo by Kiko Niwa
Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is a (different) image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a golden yellow-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level.
Photo by Kiko Niwa
Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is a (different) image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a pink-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level.
Photo by Kiko Niwa
Small thumbnail image of Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is a (different) image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a blue-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level.
Small thumbnail image of Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is a (different) image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a pink-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level.
Small thumbnail image of Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is a (different) image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a golden yellow-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level.
Small thumbnail image of Nighttime photograph showing a wide, urban sidewalk in the foreground and a wide storefront that occupies the full width of the frame in the background. The storefront consists of two large windows on either side separated by a door in the middle. Projected into the leftmost window is a (different) image showing water from beneath the surface and projected in the rightmost window is a pink-hue image of a sky with fluffy clouds effectively resting at sidewalk level.

This piece was produced in partnership with Chashama and the New York Foundation for the Arts’ Curatorial Program.

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