Brook (2009)

In this short and beautiful piece Jacobs creates a flicker effect by editing closeup footage of a stream together with sections of black producing a sense of constant movement that never progresses The frame of the image shifts from vertical to horizontal and then slowly rotates 360 degrees adding a layer of more superficial movement to the pulsating shifting colors of the stream Thus foregrounding the image as constructed flat surface Brook is impressionistic and painterly in a way that much of Jacobs work gestures at but rarely fully embraces