Landscape Study #3

06:23

September 30, 2005

As the title that flashes at the beginning of this piece notes, there may be “some assembly

required” in this prepackaged boat trip. As the landscape scrolls by in dual strips,

occasionally slowing to adjust and re-orient its direction, the viewer is invited to inspect

what it means to be sold a particular experience (i.e., a scenic trip on the Rip Van

Winkle, a commercial touring vessel, or a motion picture). How much of our lives are

prepackaged, with perhaps some assembly required, a glorified version of the Hale’s

Tours that popped up as an early cinematic exhibition space?