"The New Me"
Sandro Kopp

Location: Garcia Gallery New York, NY

PRESENT
8 April - 24 May 2008

I believe the premise of this piece is 28 portraits done in procession over 28 days.
They are placed in a calender format hung tightly side by side on the wall.

Day 22 very high rez no flash	Day 8	Day 24 very high rez no flash

Days 1-14	Center on Day 20 very high rez no flash	Days 24-27
Days 15-28	Week 2	Days 21 and 28 very high rez no flash
Kevin	Upward Perspective	Julia

My husband and I visited on May 2. We both thought it was interesting
to see the self-portraits so many times.
It intrigued thoughts as to what was happening each day to cause Sandro to make the decisions he did
or to wonder how much 'just happened' without volition.
For that reason the portraits that are not complete give an authenticity to the 'every day'
aspect much more so than if there were 28 completed portraits as if every day things went according to a perfect plan.

This work functions very well with another piece in the gallery called "Present". It is a projection of live photos being uploaded
to Flickr with an associated single word. There are also snippets of bits from blogs, prerecorded candid video
taken at a French train station a heart beat track and hypnotic electronic tones.
The work very successfully inspires curiosity in the viewer about what is happening elsewhere in the
world at this very moment in other people's lives - while at the same time
the images and words excite random thoughts and feelings that can not be anticipated.
(To read a much more intellectual review, you can click here.)

Both pieces focused my attention on the unexpected ideas each of us encounter in life
day to day and moment by moment.