Adam Frelin

Moving Spotlight

single-channel video
3-minute and 11-minute versions
2004

A car clandestinely follows a vehicle towing a running construction light along the freeway at night. The following car first moves in closely to identify what is creating this light and then drifts back, maintaining a safe distance. The light is followed from an urban to a rural area, where it is finally surrounded by darkness. The light then begins to go in and out of the camera's focus, abstracting into a hexagonal shape until it finally disappears.