Ding

The album DING summarizes abstract video works from the years 2003 to 2006, which are online at alec.crichton.tv. In this approach to the center of aesthetic expression, different levels of perception are interweaved in a surrealist manner. It is this kind of engagement, which seems to make an artist or a work of art distinguishable from other actors and their products. This distinction may become difficult, whenever other forms of communication, like in scientific, journalistic or political aproaches, blend in with an artistic routine. An artistic practice tends to serve a more unifying than differentiating function, where established symbols and traditional ways of perceiving may be confused, to make us enjoy this form of speechlessness. Poetic abstraction is a suitable means to this end, where abstraction does not mean less; it rather strengthens an internal unity in which all elements of a work refer to one another. This enables us to experience an aesthetic form of sense, without requiring another significant meaning or an external source for understanding. 1 Mauenheim 01:25min DE 2004 2 Zaunsein 02:15min IR 2003 3 Ameisenbau 03:25min DE 2005 4 Lichtdifferenz 04:15min ES 2005 5 Bauschatten 03:50min ES 2005 6 Autumnir 04:00min DE 2006 7 Eremozoikum 04:10min DE 2006 8 Palomafuente 13:40min ES 2006 9 Haustauben 07:25min DE 2005