Fence Flags and Field Flags were two overlapping concepts comprised of video segments in series, each one produced using woven mylar draped on an old wooden fence and each a different flag for an unknown entity. Though perpetually waving, each flag is a single static shot to enable contemplation of the flag’s form. There are glimpses of tangible objects amidst the surreal mylar, further confounding our perception of what is before us. I’m utilizing the incidental geometry in a moving image to explore the notion of what a flag is. Does a flag with ambiguous ideology affixed to it still function as a flag? Perhaps the fragmentation in these flags becomes a metaphor for our societal fragmentation. At minimum, it forces the viewer to question what they are seeing.

Thes videos are silent because they are designed for looping on digital signage in public spaces without speakers.