“Difference Between”, 2014. Dual channel video with sound, 6min, installation view. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts.

 

This is a dual-channel video work composed of sounds and video footage recorded by the artist in the Malay Peninsula. The artwork title, “Difference Between,” reflects Minami’s recent interest in exploring the transformation of scenery as seen from multiple locations. In this work he re-composes images taken from various viewpoints into a smooth continuation of changing images. For the video images, Minami has captured forms and movements by reducing the color and light scales so that they resemble the color bars of old-fashioned ‘8-Bit Era’ television and video. Similarly, the soundtrack has been created by the re-duplication of ordinary sounds recorded on location. The two screens gradually scroll from bottom to top, at times synchronizing and other times shifting out of time. By joining various images with effectively placed blank spaces, the continuous flow of sounds and images illustrates the Malay Peninsula in a presentation vastly different from the conventional documentary style.