Rachel Schmidt, Pulling Back the Lace, 2019
RACHEL SCHMIDT
Pulling Back the Lace
From the series “Cairn Sounds” 2019
Digital prints on print-and-stick, masked video, chrome vinyl, HD video, sound
Courtesy of the artist
NOT ON VIEW
Pulling Back the Lace is part of Rachel Schmidt’s “Cairn Sounds” installation series and includes footage shot on a remote island in Scotland and soundscapes by Baltimore-based sound artist om.era.kev. The piece projects the landscape of the Isle of Skye onto an image of lace being pulled open by a pair of hands, revealing the video. Points of human interaction with the landscape, such as a television abandoned in a river or the presence of domesticated animals, appear “glitched.” These moments suggest that even a place as remote as the Isle of Skye has been impacted and distorted by human presence in nature.
Stamp Gallery, 2019