Nate Pagel | USA

Metropolitan - 9: 00 - 2005

Metromix - 4:25 - 2005

Nate Pagel\'s epic Mass Transit cycle is a self-enclosed aesthetic system consisting of three collaborative sound and video segments that explore processes of connection and movement. Its conceptual departure points are the subway systems of Paris, London and Tokyo.

The work is full of allusions to the discrete journeys taken on and within these unique systems. The cycle depicts the start/stop nature in which the destination of the process is still unknown. As the cycle evolves, Pagel looks beyond representing public transit as a mode of travel, instead employing an abstract approach to the moving images of these journeys.

3 distinct works that make up the cycle, the first 2 of which are completed: Métropolitain, UNDERGROUND, Eiden (Tokyo).

BIOGRAFIA DOS AUTORES: As a new media artist, Nate Pagel uses video, sound, the web, virtual reality, videoconferencing and interactive technologies. He specializes in video production, effects, lighting and stage design, and collaborates with choreographers, composers, and designers to create theatrical performances, and installation work for live audiences, DVD and the Web. As a media artist for the last ten years, Pagel\'s artwork has been shown in twelve countries and broadcast in Italy, Australia and the U.S.