Jim Campbell, “Moving Average #3 (Hitchcock’s North by Northwest),” 2022
The best of Campbell’s recent video sculptures, “Drift,” 2022, almost has the appearance of a charcoal drawing. A grid of LEDs illuminates a pane of frosted glass from behind, casting an iridescent, unfocused image on the hazy screen. It’s so diffuse, it’s difficult to make out what the footage shows (a rowboat moving downstream). Once you put it together the dreamy visual feels like looking at a memory.
