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Dan Graham Essay

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In Dan Graham’s book, he explains his artworks as well as video techniques and architectural decisions made which pertain to the “self” with some connects to split personalities. In Graham’s “Video, Architecture, and Television” essay, it has different sections pertaining his opinions on how certain techniques, and their notable uses relating to what those uses mean. Graham discusses the “self” as well as the “self”-image in a section about “Video Feedback” With the topic of video feedback, the mentioning of “self”-perception is important to the discussion. When viewing an image, it’s usually “detached [and] static” (Graham 55). However, video feedback contributes another element to the perceiver, causing them the process the footage differently. …show more content…

Similar to Bob/Fred, while he watched the holo-scanners that are placed in his house. Especially, the time when Connie turned into Donna; even though, the event occurred earlier, he reacts to it as if it’s something because it’s been delayed. His reaction is a loss of control because he went through the event already, but because of his split personalities, Bob/Fred forget what happened. Another work by Graham that relates to A Scanner Darkly is Past Future/Split Attention. In this performance,” two people who know each other are in the same space.” (Graham 122) One of them is trying predicts the other person’s future behavior while the other person is trying to recite the other’s past behavior. To see each other to see their present behavior, a mirror reflection or a feedback loop of past/future. Their behaviors depend on or may reflect on what the other’s behavior is. The performers can be deliberate with their actions, altering the course of their behavior. Or a can act unconsciously and everything will be as

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