Robyn Voshardt / Sven Humphrey

generator
parametabolic
new & improved
holdfast
the fall
decomposition in a
when i look up...
smoke and mirrors
bad blood
cloudland
channel
flow
feed
strand
reflex - concave
chill
flatland
grow
tap 1+2
losing my marbles

New and Improved shows a manic flash-card script for positive thinking and self-improvement paced by an internal clock gone awry. Overloading between directives and objectives: “I am…, I can…, I will…” the reader can’t prioritize between daily minutiae or life-changing goals. The handwritten cards came from an actual exercise in behavioral modification, and revisit ideas from the earlier Time Project. It’s difficult to determine which goals for maximum efficiency were self-generated, or which were influenced by an ever-sliding scale of cultural expectations and technological innovations. It’s a poignant collision of conflicting ideals: the remnants of a stringent work ethic vs. self-regulated emotional development attempting to keep pace in a post-Fordist global economy.

New & Improved, 2007, (2 min 21 sec), HD single channel video/sound, dim. variable

full video with sound coming soon