Currents 2010 Video Exhibition

Over the weekend, we twice attended the Currents 2010 Video Exhibition here in Santa Fe. Many of the installations were outstanding, and this free exhibit is an example of the vibrant contemporary art scene here.

This piece artfully and powerfully depicted the trauma and inhumanity of the Japanese internment camps during World War II.......

Some images were just visually stunning or captivating.....

This piece (for which this photo does no justice) involved headphones, beautiful music, and slow-motion video footage of an elephant gracefully swimming. The reflection of the elephant's image that you see in the photograph below is actually a shallow pool of water at the base of the video screen.......

A live audio-video performance on Saturday night was the capstone event of the exhibition....

And here's Mary playing with an innovative video installation that actually responds to movement in front of the screen.......