#CrossingBrooklyn features 100+ works from 35 artists who work in virtually every medium, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, installation, video, and performance, linked only by place and by an engagement with the modern world. Over the next several weeks, Brooklyn Magazine will be rolling out profiles of ten artists who appear in the exhibit.
"William Lamson's Action for the Delaware opens on a tranquil shot of the Delaware River; the only sounds are occasional bird calls. After a few seconds, Lamson drifts into the frame from the bottom edge. It appears that he’s standing on the surface of the water. In reality, Lamson is standing on a raft that has been calibrated to his weight so that when he stands on it, it sinks just below the water, leaving the soles of his shoes at surface level. For a minute, we watch Lamson float idly down the river. It is extremely calming.
Suddenly, this rapture is broken by a passage of video in which Lamson is in the water, kicking furiously to stay afloat, and trying to remount the raft, with some difficulty. Cut—now he’s back on the raft, standing calmly atop the surface of the water. Then he’s back in the water again; the camera pulls closer to its subject, the waves lapping at the lens..."
More on William Lamson and his video featured in #CrossingBrooklyn here.
Image: © William Lamson, Action for the Delaware, 2011
