Rob Carter - Stone on Stone

Stone on Stone

hd video
0 cms (0 ins)
Titled and on verso signed, editioned 2/10 and dated 2009 on the dvd case
made in 2009
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "The Byron Aceman Collection - Part II HO2 Online auction" held on Tue, Oct 6, 2020.
Lot h701
Estimate: CAD $600 - $800
Realised: CAD $500

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
The Byron Aceman Collection, Vancouver

Exhibitions:
Stone on Stone, Ebersmoore Gallery, Chicago, 2009
Notes:
The duration of this video is 7 minutes and 44 seconds.

This Lot includes 4 discs:

-Blu-Ray 1080 x 1080 Pixels (suitable for exhibition display)

-Standard Definition DVD (Preview Version)

-Video data file for display on digital media player: .mp4 compressed with H.264 codec (1080 x 1080 pixels), AAC audio

-Archive Data Disc: .mov compressed with JPEG 2000 codec (1080 x 1080 pixels) and .aif audio files (48 kHz)

This Lot also includes a media player with HDMI cord and a remote.

Inscribed on the DVD case is the following text:

"This work is the final version. This edition of the work may only be shown at one place at a time. The master data files will under no circumstances be used in shows or given to third parties without the consent of the artist. Any copies made are for archival use only. The artist retains copyright."

Stone on Stone, a stop-motion video animation, uses the architectural language of High Gothic and Modernism to invent a contradictory history of their evolvement. The theme begins and ends with the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. This vast anachronistic building remains unfinished and partially ruined, after over a century of intermittent construction and restoration. Its recreated 13th century medieval construction unintentionally symbolizes those eventful years of indecision, tragedy and changes in the meaning and purpose of the city’s architecture and landscape, especially its religious buildings.

It is contrasted with Le Corbusier’s La Tourette monastery in France, competed in 1960. The video uses this anomalous but single-minded architectural vision as the foundation for a new emergence of Gothic expression, resulting in a complete and unified fantasy cathedral– akin to the building that the Church of Saint John the Divine might have aspired to become.

- From the Artist's Vimeo

The Buyer is hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, including The Byron Aceman Collection HO2 Sale Notice and Special Terms of Sale, and any Addendum or Erratum specific to The Byron Aceman Collection HO2 auction.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
Stone on Stone by artist Rob Carter