2006

single channel SD video with sound, music by Tom Heasley

dimensions variable

total run time 12 minutes, 30 seconds

 

Stock Exchange takes the form of a video "letter" written to the footage acquisitions department at Artbeats Software, Inc., a company that provides high-quality and royalty-free film and video clips for commercial clients. The artist theorizes how the company might go about accepting—or rejecting—footage shot by freelance videographers, eventually asking Artbeats to define their selection criteria. The response, during which a representative of the company lists a set of "shooting tips and guidelines" is juxtaposed with actual clips from the Artbeats catalog. The work as a whole seeks to meditate on the construction of visual meaning in today's very fluid (and increasingly template-driven) image economy.

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