Jeremy Newman
Peripheral ARTeries
an interview with
Jeremy Newman We would start with our ice breaker question: what in your opinion defines a work of Art?
Art encourages viewers to see the world differently. This can be recognizing the connections between things, or new phenomena altogether. In addition, there’s a visceral quality whatever the level of refinement. You have a formal training and you received an MFA in Media Arts from The Ohio State University: how much in your opinion training has influenced the way you make Art?
I’m a visual artist who makes films. My formal art training is ultimately a nontraditional film background. The focus on photography and avant-garde film at Ohio State had a lasting effect on me.
Jeremy Newman
Can you tell us about your process and set up for making your work? What technical aspects do you mainly focus on your work?
By the way, do you visualize your Art before creating? Do you know what it will look like before you begin?
I start with a theme, and then search for archival footage that suits this subject matter. Often, I appropriate clips from sources that I’ve already used, as they become newly relevant for me.
Each film begins with a vision that I follow to a greater or lesser extent. The most successful parts are unplanned. Images reveal their thematic intersections during the editing process. My juxtapositions rely on these moments of crystallization.
My goal is to create a seamless film from varied sources, including original digital video. Whereas the resulting film can be viewed as an integrated whole, its individual parts gain resonance through juxtaposition.
Some of your works as "The Persistence of Forgetting" deal with intimate subjects, and we recognize clear quotations of psychology. So we were wondering if in your opinion art’s purpose is simply to provide a platform for
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