Darrin Martin

Monograph in Stereo

Darrin Martin

Monograph in Stereo employs documentary and experimental strategies to convey a struggle with congenital and operational hearing loss and tinnitus, a continual ringing in the ear; a phantom auditory perception. The work also stems from research upon the interdependency of the senses with an emphasis on the balance ascertained from binaural hearing and stereoscopic vision and the imbalance caused by their uneven degradation. Images move amongst poetic reverberations of landscapes, interiors and audiological exam rooms. The second video in a trilogy of single-channel works on hearing loss.

Other Turbans

Darrin Martin

The artist as post-operative subject discovers a sound art piece by Max Neuhaus in Times Square while being mistaken for a terrorist. A field of high-tension wires completes the contemplative excursions needed to help him adjust to his new implant that will eventually help him hear. The final piece in a trilogy of single-channel works on hearing loss.

Zoom Meetings (with myself)

Darrin Martin

Darrin Martin

Shot entirely on Zoom, the work results from attempts to make the latest application of personal/professional communications a site for improvisational performance and process. Feedback loops, anti-facial recognition make-up, and snapchat disguises flicker across the screen accompanied by rambling soliloquies and song in an attempt to know oneself better in times of unending transmissions.