Crossing

Yoshihisa Nakanishi
2000
(from the left screen) Yoshihisa Nakanishi, Crossing, 2000. single-channel video. 20 sec; 50 sec. Courtesy of the artist; Harun Farocki, Music Video, 2000. single channel video. 20 sec; 50 sec. Courtesy of the artist. The 1st Seoul International Media Art Biennale media_city seoul 2000 city: between 0 and 1, “City Vision/Clip City”. 42 electronic billboards in Seoul. 2000. Courtesy of Hans Ulrich Obrist
Yoshihisa Nakanishi, Crossing, 2000. single-channel video. 20 sec; 50 sec. Courtesy of the artist. The 1st Seoul International Media Art Biennale media_city seoul 2000 city: between 0 and 1, “City Vision/Clip City”. 42 electronic billboards in Seoul. 2000
(from the left screen) Yoshihisa Nakanishi, *Crossing*, 2000. single-channel video. 20 sec; 50 sec. Courtesy of the artist; Harun Farocki, Music Video, 2000. single channel video. 20 sec; 50 sec. Courtesy of the artist. The 1st Seoul International Media Art Biennale media_city seoul 2000 *city: between 0 and 1*, "City Vision/Clip City". 42 electronic billboards in Seoul. 2000. Courtesy of Hans Ulrich Obrist

This video explores several Tokyo intersections and transforms everyday scenes like traffic signs and signals into extraordinary spaces. Through carefully crafted pacing, the artist elicits both visual pleasure and a sense of defamiliarization through these ordinary urban landscapes.

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