EveRayForever

EVERAYFOREVER is a silent threescreen expanded version of COSMIC RAY 1961 Originally exhibited as an 8mm Technicolor looped installation at the Rose Art Museum in 1965 it was digitally restored in 2006 by Conner in close collaboration with his editor Michelle Silva By combining three channels of footage of slightly different lengths EVERAYFOREVER generates an everchanging chancebased juxtaposition of images that flash on the screen with dizzying speed The films name reflects the tripartite structure of the work with Eve referring to the nude woman who appears on the far left channel Ray to Ray Charles the inspiration for COSMIC RAY and Forever signifying its looped playback which allows the work to play and mutate continuously