STATIC STEPS

1992

Single screen video installation with audio narration & wall drawings.

Starr’s first video work is a series of short animated ‘dances’ featuring tiny paper figures. The figures were recorded while being statically charged by an acetate sheet off camera. Starr documented their every move with written, audio and drawn descriptions of the movements. Starr then employed a BBC radio voiceover actor to narrate all the dance steps which she used as the soundtrack for the videos. Becoming increasingly interested at this time in seemingly chance or arbitary incidents and events, Starr also recorded the pattern of air drafts around buildings (see Whistle) and followed people in the street to map out their routes through London.

A short extract from Static Steps

A handmade limited edition book 'Static Steps' was also produced by Starr.

Exhibition history for Static Steps:

Stedlijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, 1993

Le Confort Moderne, 2010