MARTIJN HENDRICKS : IN THE BLACK OF THIS LONG NIGHT:2008

Martijn Hendricks who shows consistently in the Netherlands but has recently been doing a residency in Los Angeles, has a new installation , "In The Black Of This Long Night," , described by the artist as an "attempt to organize Google Image Search results according to defacement tactics" . The format is a Jpeg slideshow transferred to DVD to create a15 min 20 sec video loop. I found a lot of interesting ideas about defacing established imagery in Hendrick's work. Even more intriguing is the use of found jpegs to generate an original work of art. Great tactic.