The Top 25 Grossing
Films of All Time, 2 x 2


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see also:
color-averaged frames
film, tv & music
grids
time-based/installation


The Top 25 Grossing Films of All Time, 2 x 2   2001
Digital video projection with audio
2 hours 20 minutes looped, dimensions variable. Ed. 5 + 2 APs.

This video installation presents the abstraction and re-organization of the top 25 grossing films of all time (as of March 2001, worldwide box office, not adjusted for inflation). Every frame of each film is subjected to a custom process that determines a grid of four colors most representative of that frame. These simplified versions are re-synched with their unaltered soundtrack and arranged by sales rank left-to-right and top-to-bottom, yielding the animated grid and accompanying chaotic audio.


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