TULIPOMANIA / EVERQUEST - 2006 - 2007

3 Channel Digital Video, 8 min, Looped
Audio, Video, and Adventure: Jennifer Schmidt

** Demo Video **
Features all 3 videos in 1 frame. For exhibition: 3 monitors would be used.
(Please Note: Video image quality is reduced when viewing the piece in this format)

Turk Tulipo <> PDutch Tulipo <> Neth Tulipo

“Tulipomania / EverQuest” explores how we impart value to ephemeral things by juxtaposing the sensations of 17th century Tulipomania and the spirit of the contemporary videogame EverQuest, within a graphically animated video.

3 videos compose the project, "Turk Tulipo", "PA-Dutch Tulipo", and "Neth Tulipo", which portray independent scavenger hunts—tracing the presence and symbolism of the tulip motif within three distinct locations and cultures. Synched in timing and playback: when all three videos display the same animated tulip sequence, a 3-of-a-kind / jackpot "game response" is activated, presenting tulip flowers blowing in the breeze to bombastic music.

The video involves a visual interweaving of images collected and photographed on location in the Netherlands, Turkey, and Pennsylvania, rendered graphics of the tulip as icon, and recorded footage of the actual flower. The still images and time-based footage compose an experimental, non-narrative sequence within a game interface similar to a slot machine, utilizing animation, sound and montage to create a synchronized 3- channel video installation.

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EXHIBITION SPECS

- 3 Identical Televisions or 3 Projectors
- Synched for playback using a Davey Jones Synchronizer + 3 DVD players
- Each DVD player will have its own set of speakers