Knowing Without Touching 2003
Video projection, black and white, silent 60 min loop
Knowing Without Touching was projected in darkness into the back of one of three apsidal spaces in the crypt of Gloucester Cathedral.
Filmed in the nave of the cathedral at night, footage of ornate medieval architecture partially revealed by the light of a hunting lamp was projected onto a contrasting architectural space. Like some strange, crepuscular ghost, the image crept slowly across ancient, textured walls, appearing to hover in an uncertain space. A kind of architectural ‘palimpsest’ was created, disorientating and fascinating at once.
As the video gradually decayed through repeated playing, it became grainier, more ambiguous and tactile. The work was not possible to document in situ due to very low light levels.
A companion piece, In The Presence Of, was projected from another apse.