Does anyone remember this "long photo" from SFMOMA?

April 21, 2008 5:03 PM

All this talk on flickr lately of "long photos" reminded me of a VERY "long photo" I saw in SFMOMA probably around a year ago... it was a scene at a cafe, with someone at a piano, a man and woman talking, one holding a cigarette, and a couple of other people, all frozen for at least five minutes... the most noticeable movement was cigarette smoke trailing up into the air. Does anyone know who that was by, what it was called, and whether I can find it online?
posted by BuddhaInABucket to media & arts (6 comments total)

Sounds like it could be Bill Viola, who is a pioneer in this kind of work (http://www.billviola.com/).
posted by tractorfeed at 5:20 PM on April 21

Even better (at SFMOMA): http://www.sfmoma.org/espace/viola/index.html
posted by tractorfeed at 5:23 PM on April 21

Curse you tractorfeed, I was just about to suggest Bill Viola.
posted by the jam at 5:23 PM on April 21

Those were some interesting videos, and it may be the same artist, but the video I have in mind wasn't on that link. Either way, now I found a new artist I'm into! Any other guesses?
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 5:30 PM on April 21

Ok, I think it's The Last Century by Sam Taylor-Wood (description oh someone's blog here: http://artfever.blogspot.com/2006/03/quick-visit-to-sfmoma.html, description of her work here: http://www.bfi.org.uk/about/people/governors/taylor-wood.html)
posted by tractorfeed at 5:59 PM on April 21

Yes! Thank you so much, that's the one.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 6:16 PM on April 21