Scenes From Last Week (2011)

In a city constantly moving forward and erasing its relationship with the past, Scenes from Last Week seeks to re-insert the past into the present. The work is a public art installation that uses video surveillance in storefront windows that show the current street view and the view from seven previous days synchronized to the present moment, enabling the passerby to see the immediate history of where they are standing. This work was created during an artist residency at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York.

 
 

Video documentation of Scenes from Last Week

 
 

"This accessible and inventive work is an excellent example of the way in which the current generation of artists engage with the aesthetic and social implications of the technological potential of the video image and the continuing public fascination with the medium"

Christopher Meigh Andrews, A History of Video Art 2nd Edition (Bloomsbury Press)