Patterns

I am working on a new video piece for our Monkey Town date (December 6th, catch the fever!). Here is a very early rough draft:

The idea (from a formal perspective) is to set up these repeating patterns, so the video can loop indefinitely. I have seen many time-based visual art pieces with this conceit, but they tend to stop there. Once the pattern is identified, we watch until its logical conclusion, then it starts again. This approach has always left me cold and feeling that the work is a bit unfinished. When a pattern becomes apparent, I don't get a lot out of just observing its completion. Perhaps I am just a plot whore, but I like my art to fall into the category of "Surprising but inevitable" The instant a pattern is recognizable is the place to begin its subversion, don't necessarily break the established rules, but turn them around, throw them up in the air and see how they rearrange themselves.

The clip above is the 1st attempt at establishing the beginning pattern. Once I am happy with that, the subversion comes in. In addition to the individual patterns of the looping images, an overall pattern should also emerge, taking the viewer on a emotional journey. Otherwise it's just wallpaper.