Becoming …
3-part HD video installation
Lisa Steele + Kim Tomczak (2008-9)

Becoming … considers architecture and changing urban environments.  The video installation juxtaposes traditional views and housing styles with the radically new designs appearing in four major urban centres, Vancouver (12:30),Toronto (12:10) (Canada) and Berlin (9:40). Jokes focusing on professional practitioners are interspersed amongst the city views. Distinct sounds from the streets recorded live in each city forms the soundtracks of each of the four videos.

In each of the four individual works that comprise Becoming…, every shot is a fixed camera frame that presents a dialogue between old and new elements of the built environment in the four cities.  Every shot suggests a juxtaposition unique to each locale.

Technical requirements:  Becoming…requires HD projection or screening equipment.  It can be presented in several ways:

•      projected on 4 walls (minimum size 2.5 - 3 metres) with separate audio for each projection;

•    played on 4 HD flat screens (minimum size 110cm), each with separate audio;