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2008 Artist Projects Recipients James A. Cook – Noh Time Like the Present. The artist will be exploring several facets of classical noh theatre that emanate from the psychological and spiritual principles unique to the form—nuanced strategies employed to express the human condition: spare poetic text, the manipulation of time (reversed, non-sequential), and space, as well as the use of masks as archetypes and persona. Cook will create two video installation pieces exploiting these strategies. Cook lives in Tucson. Panel Comments: Cook’s mastery over his media draws the viewer into his work. “Noh Time Like the Present” includes an installation of six film projectors modulated to share a single loop of film, casting the image onto different surfaces. The narrative is very strong and its production unique. We would visit Arizona just to see the final project.
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