Artist Statement

Mediaselect programme

1981, 4′, colour

Selfportrait by Video / Moving eyes drawn on the back of the palms were recorded while repeatedly uttering a short sound.

The video was compiled by reshuffling frames according to the continuity of sound, not the continuity of image. The result is an image organized by sound, developing without any intention by the creator. An attempt to reverse the usual method of editing which prioritizes the image.

• Hiroya Sakurai was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1958. Professor, Seian University of Art and Design. Sakurai’s work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and J.Paul Getty Trust. [Source: https://film-makerscoop.com/filmmakers/hiroya-sakurai]