Norman Wilcox-Geissen

Jump

fantastic stuff - truly expressed feelings !!!

icebear

Cool

Rob

Great! This video displays the essence and feelings involved in Ski-jumping.

snow

Watch the real thing. Herzog knew his stuff: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Zsl3kJlVc&feature=related This pretentious stuff is too much, but those scared faces are true enough.

W. Steiner

It is odd how the repetition transfigures each jump into something more, rather than less, than it is. That device would ordinarily make an an exercise of human freedom appear mechanical, but here it does the opposite. It makes them look fragile and free. I like it.

NG

pretty standard personal interest stuff

DP

Different, compelling and very interesting indeed. Thank you to Wilcox-Geissen for adding something extra to this competition.

J Rowles

Not good as well..I feel nothing at all!

CF

this has been one of my absolute favourites since the shortlist was first announced.. I feel privileged to be in the final alongside works such as this.

oneoftheotherfinalists

Fails to maintain eloquent frames of that initial nervous body language. Noise wipes out my ability to see, even the silence that follows.

Able Murray

I agree - those moments of waiting are what is compelling about the subject. Is this footage cleared?

Miranda Kessell

The moments of waiting before the jump are very exciting, engaging and inspiring; sadly I found the rest unwatchable.

JBD

Im sorry but just by repeating video clips over a screeching noise says nothing. The work should be emotive in itself without requiring an essay to explain what it is.

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About the artist
Norman Wilcox-Geissen graduated with a BA in Photography from the London College of Communication in 2006. He works primarily with still photography and moving-image media, exploring issues concerning representation and identity through using, both directly and in reference to, elements of popular culture. He is particularly interested in the way that individual identities are shaped by collective forms of communication and the potential that these forms have to affect the individual subject through stimulating desires and emotions. Within his pratice he is drawn to the utopian promise offered by this common basis of communication.

About the work
These conceptual concerns with representation and identity are explored in Jump. Ski-jumping is a subject that the artist knows only through its televised representation. Its attraction lies not only in the way it is represented, but also in how it appeals to a childish fascination for surpassing established limits and getting close to the impossible. Jump is the culmination of an intensive study of the representation of the ski jump from a subjective perspective. Through extending and transforming the original material, Wilcox-Geissen has sought to identify and emphasise the qualities that affect him most - the sense of extended flight and the surpassing of all limitations. Through an incessant looping and layering, the work alludes to the presence of the infinite within the representation – its intrinsic characteristics of separation from our given reality and apparent boundless capacity.

* Ratings do not contribute to the panel's decision.