WHAT IS A VIDEO PORTRAIT?
A video portrait is the same as a painted or photographed portrait of any subject, but one that has the added dimensions of time and sound, and that can be placed in or make its own immersive environment.
The highest resolution video plays in a seamless loop without black frame and so has no beginning or end.
Portraits can be combined to create new environments; they can be synced to form diptychs, triptychs, or any number of polyptychs.
Rocky Mountain Elk
2017
Director: Robert Wilson
Creative: Robert Wilson, Noah Khoshbin, and Bear Kirkpatrick
Production: Bear Kirkpatrick (Lumen Arts)
WHARE ARE THE TREE OF LIFE VIDEO PORTRAITS?
The Tree of Life is a single video portrait of a central life-size tree, composed of 32 individual and synced monitors, each its own life-sized portrait of a threatened bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile, insects, or plant from around the world.
All species in the Tree will be either Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable according to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
The portraits will be filmed in different wildlife rescue centers, zoos, and botanical gardens around the world and brought together into a video composite.
The Tree of Life will be suitable for exhibitions in museums of fine art, museums of natural history, commercial art galleries, festivals, and outdoor events. The Tree of Life will pack safely into international road cases and will be available to tour globally.
Selection of Robert Wilson Video Portrait Museum & Private Exhibitions