Video: Nostalgia for videotapes by Hollis Brown Thornton
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Yes, it would seem that so recently there was a time when we bought three-hour videotapes (or, scientifically, vhs) with two films on each, and the choice was made based only on the name of the films. Now, in this regard, everything has become much easier, any film can be downloaded, and cassettes, at best, gather dust on the mezzanine. But nostalgia sometimes finds us, and we, like the American Hollis Brown Thornton, who draws his favorite vhski on paper, laptops, wallpaper and other objects, will remember those days with pleasant longing.
Hollis Brown Thornton is an artist from South Carolina. With his works, he, so to speak, deploys a "ruthless nostalgic attack." The cycle dedicated to vhs is called “VHS Heroes”. All Hollis does is use a couple of permanent markers and, in fact, draws! Perhaps his most famous work is a laptop, which, after being refined by an artist, looks like a shelf with videotapes.
In general, Hollis Brown Thornton is very interested in mythology and modern technology, especially in their combination. “The change of technology leads to the creation of a mythology in which some beliefs and myths are replaced by others, newer ones,” the artist himself tries to explain his interest. And the myth of the world, which rests on the shell of a giant turtle, generally delights the artist. Actually, it is with this myth that he connects the creation of his VHS collection. “Videotapes, like the myth of the turtle, are obsolete things that nevertheless continue to exist, attached to their original value, which is now expressed in habit, devotion or nostalgia,” says Hollis Brown Thornton.
By the way, more than one Hollis Brown Thornton is nostalgic for the joyful days of the past. For example, Diana Ferguson came up with the "modern nostalgia" style. You can also recall the work, which was based on paper airplanes, or Kendu Binney and her autobiographical canvases.
Hollis Brown Thornton has a ton of information on its website. For example, he gives advice to artists using markers. In addition, the site presents various works of this wonderful artist and designer - other series will also be no less interesting to see than “Heroes of VHS”.
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