...By avoiding the spatial delimitations or continuous narratives so that characteristics of cinema artists Doug Aitken, David Claerbout, Stan Douglas, Rodney Graham, Gary Hill, Pipilotti and Diana Thater emphasize the fleeting quality of the medium. Here, film functions less as a window onto a grand illusion and instead as a medium of reflection on the potentialities of film. Projections onto several screens or within specially designed architectural backdrops expand the film in space, creating new points of view and perspectives. These demand a heightened mode of perception while compelling viewers to question their own standpoint.
...Multiple screens make it possible to show images of the action and of the reactions to it simultaneously. The viewer, then, must make a choice.
