THRU

THRU is a dialectic investigation of two urban locations, one inside, the other outside. The video was conceived as a double projection, partly taking the designated space – the exhibition space at Argos – as its subject. The image alternates in a symmetrical rhythm between long, inert and twilit panoramas of the exhibition space and short, static shots of a nearby, busy street. The shifts in direction and angle of the camera create an impression that the lens is exploring these locations, assessing and measuring them. The title, a phonetic abbreviation of ‘through’ does not appear until the end, apart from its linguistic relation to ‘movement’ and ‘space’ it is also a suggestion of ‘the end’. The video is an invitation to the spectator to reflect on the meaning and structure of words and their relation to the concepts they designate.