Sugimoto is a New York based Japanese photographer and architect. In his series entitled ‘Theatres’ he uses movie-length exposures (ie 2-3 hours) to explore his idea that too much information (the movie images captured over the 2-3 hour period) turns into ‘nothingness’ (the white over-exposed cinema screen). I wonder how he feels about the idea of of Big Data. These days ‘too much information’ often can be turned into new insights.
In the video, ‘Contact: Hiroshi Sugimoto 2’ (Sugimoto, 2009), he explains that his vision and concept of the series comes first and then he will imagine how to capture the images.
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- 254, 12/15/99, 1:39 PM, 8G, 4331×5775 (525+700), 87%, Normal 8, 1/25, R328, G274, B620,
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- 212, 1/10/00, 9:19 AM, 8G, 4593×6125 (375+500), 87%, Normal 8, 1/30, R328, G274, B620,
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- 250, 1/5/00, 3:14 PM, 8G, 4725×6300 (300+400), 87%, Normal 8, 1/30, R328, G274, B620,
(Sugimoto, 1978)
Bibliography
Sugimoto, H. (1978). Theatres. [image] Available at: https://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/new-page-7 [Accessed 17 Mar. 2018].
Sugimoto, H. (2009). Contact: Hiroshi Sugimoto 2. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY3nGoZqw9U [Accessed 17 Mar. 2018].
