Crossroads

"Annette Weintraub's work is an investigation of architecture as visual language and the symbolism of space. Film genre and the icons of the Times Square/42nd Street landscape converge in an exploration of the capacity of film to shape our sense of place. Crossroads creates a layered narrative space in which familiar elements of film and advertising culture are remixed in a series of pseudo films that blend personal myth and public space." -- from Turbulence

"'Crossroads' explores the capacity of film and advertising culture to shape our sense of place. Based on elements of the mythic and actual Times Square/42nd Street, 'Crossroads' creates a series of 'pseudo films' constructed from gif images and a mix of ambient sound, audio monologue and animated texts. These little movies incorporate elements of film genres which are closely identified with Times Square, interweaving elements of daily life filtered through the conventions of the noir B-movie, the theater musical and the coming-to-New-York story. 'Crossroads' establishes a space in which the familiar architectural and commercial icons of Times Square and 42nd Street are reconfigured mixing personal myth and public space.

'Crossroads' was shown at the International Center of Photography/ICP New Art for Web and Wall, at the Graz Biennial of Media and Architecture, and at International Film Festival Rotterdam." -- from www.annetteweintraub.com