Drift, 2024

Joscelin Chew

Video, 19 mins (approx)

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Drift is a video piece that delves into the interplay of perception, memory and imagery, underscored by the artist’s keen interest in psychogeography. The video encapsulates the artist's experience of wandering in cities with a camera. The video leverages on the nature of analogue photography with gap time before one sees the image captured. Intertwining between split-second images from film rolls with narrated recollections, each segment begins with the artist's verbal description of what the forthcoming images might portray. As the images flash across the screen, viewers are invited to contemplate the dissonance between the text and image.