July, 18, 2020 from 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Plexus Projects is pleased to present a solo exhibition of work by Michael Betancourt. Angular Momentum will be featured in Vitrine, an ongoing screening series of moving image artworks.

*Please note projections are viewed from the sidewalk. The project space is not open during Vitrine screen hours.

Angular Momentum
Cyanotype video. Centrifugal force pushing against the figure-ground distinction. An agglomeration of abstract light-shadow play, set in motion to evoke the transcendental, sublime experience created through a fusion of traditional, analogue in-camera photographic techniques with digital animation and compositing. This movie was created primarily with in-camera techniques, supplemented with minimal digital compositing to join the various shots together. Drawing on the visionary tradition of Lumia, it transposes traditional optical approaches to digital imaging.

Michael Betancourt is a research artist/theorist who works with movies and static imagery. His art is visually seductive, and conscious of its digital origins, bringing the visionary tradition into the present: emphasizing aesthetics allows the viewer to find poetic meaning in everyday life. His movies screened internationally at the Black Maria Film Festival, Contemporary Art Ruhr, Festival des Cinemas Differents de Paris, Director’s Lounge (Berlin), Millennium Film Workshop, and Experiments in Cinema among others.