Rodney Grahams Phonokinetoscope (2001) is a five-minute 16mm film loop in which the artist is seen riding his Fischer Original bicycle through Berlins Tiergarten while taking LSD; to the soundtrack of a fifteen-minute song (written and performed by Graham) recorded on a vinyl LP. The turntable drives the projection of the film; the film starts when the needle is placed on the record and stops when the needle is taken off. Grahams ride evokes the Swiss scientist Albert Hoffmans famous 1943 bicycle ride home after an experimental dose of LSD as well as Paul Newmans backward-facing ride in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; the accompanying music presents a thicket of riffs and borrowings. As the images and visual details repeat in the films endless loop; the artists Phonokinetoscope refers to a surprising number of works of art and literature; displaying a world rich with subtle meaning.In this illustrated study of Phonokinetoscope; Shep Steiner describes the work as marking Grahams transition into a new medium. Steiner positions Grahams practice in relation to postminimalist practice and that of other artists including Dan Graham; but especially; Ian Wallace and Jeff Wall; considers Grahams rhetoric of playfulness; and finally; beyond the web of references; argues for a notion of allegory and memory theater keyed to the durational work yet satisfying the aesthetic standards of static art. Phonokinetoscope; Steiner argues; looks back to Grahams earlier works focusing on the notion of protocinema and forward to his later musical preoccupations.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great pictures!By JudyHave lived in Socorro all my life and did not know many of the things that happened here in the early days of Socorro. Great pictures!!