Francesc Torres: The Tyranny of the Past
Afterimage, Dec. 1982, v. 10, no. 5, pp. 4-7
An examination of the evolution of Francesc Torres' video work explored through six pieces. Beginning with performance pieces that explore his identity and autobiography, his work continues to expand from the theme of personal powerlessness to human helplessness. His first multimedia installation that included video, Residual Regions, explored the intersection of private and quantitative histories of place, where videotapes represented a subjective perspective in opposition to the objective perspective of photographs. In John Doesn't Know What Paul Does, two channels represented the logical and intuitive functions of the brain respectively. The Head of the Dragon explored the violent cycles of human nature, where eight monitors defined the curve of the dragon's tail, each featuring a brief looped clip of a car crash.
ITEM 1982.075 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Almost Like Speaking – Francesc Torres
Accident – Francesc Torres
Residual Regions – Francesc Torres
Repetition of the Novelty – Francesc Torres
John Doesn't Know What Paul Does – Francesc Torres
The Head of the Dragon – Francesc Torres