/app_spring_23/ is a video piece in response to Terry Cole’s Patient Object (2022). Filmed in the Shenandoah Mountains with a VHS camera and Sony cassette camcorder, the piece leans into the file corruption that can occur when using “out-of-date” technology. Using a high school band as the backing audio to the piece, the imperfections in the band’s performance are heightened by visual distortion. The overall effect is frustrating – there are fleeting moments of beauty that is ultimately distorted, reflecting on Cole’s themes of ephemerality, memory, and the purpose of documentation.
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Check out Terry Cole’s Patient Object in Issue 22.
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Editorial and Curatorial Lead
Emma C. Johnson is a senior visual arts major at the University of Richmond. In their free time, they play the saxophone and spend time with their cat, Abby.
