Schwartz asked a preacher if he would consider taking a picture with his disposable camera the next time he felt he was being touched by the hand of God. This image arrived at Schwartz’s home two months after their encounter.
Nathan answered an ad to join Oliver Herring for some spontaneous art making sessions. ‘Nathan (Hotel room)’ is by definition a solo, but it’s also a pas de deux between dancer and camera.
Stills from the video ‘God bless America’ (2002) by Tadasu Takamine.
Tadasu Takamine and his lovely assistant shared a room with a huge clay face for eighteen consecutive days. Before the eye of the camera, they ate, slept, read, had sex and made continuous changes to the face, animating it to keep time with a scratchy, halting recording of the American patriotic classic “God Bless America”.
