Project Summary

dif( ) is a video installation that explores the changing use patterns of public space. The title of the piece is derived from a comparative algorithm which, through a series of captured and compared video frames, isolates the “difference” between these moments over time. The project registers the movement of people as they occupy space, retaining a trace of the individual inhabitant. Together, these traces form a secondary architecture of the site, exploring the dynamically sculpted relationship between public sites and their occupation. As the piece has been developed over the past two years it has been shown in a variety of venues including the University of California Berkeley, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Beyond Media Exhibition Intimacy in Florence, Italy.