14th Street near Avenue A, from 19 Rainstorms
Neil Goldberg
American, born 1963
1998-2003
A color, sound video that records rain-blurred views of a 14th Street storefront, with the artist aiming to capture the fleeting sensory experience of urban weather rather than a straightforward documentary scene.
Familiar signs and window displays dissolve into smeared bands of neon, wet reflections, and soft-focus color so that the storefront reads like an impressionistic wash of light and movement.
By privileging perception and atmosphere over narrative, Goldberg's work bridges documentary and poetic cinema and helped broaden video art’s ability to register the ephemeral moods of everyday city life.
Medium
Video (color, sound)
Dimensions
7:06 min.
Classification
Department
Credit
Purchase
Accession
3506.2005.10
Palette
Exhibitions
