Bluescreen (Third Edition)
2024
Double-sided folding screen Cyanotype, acrylic and oil on muslin, stretched over wooden frame with stitching, spandex scrim and canvas
84 in x 72 in x 2 in
Walking inside the wedge like a leaf or a clock turning back, 2024
Julia Rooney & Anne Marie Rooney
Digital Video [31 min 43 sec loop]
Research and editing by the duo
Videography by Anne Marie Rooney
Performance by Julia Rooney
Walking inside the wedge like a leaf or a clock turning back was filmed in early 2024. In it, Anne Marie documents Julia walking her painting, Bluescreen, from their childhood home to Below Grand's gallery on Orchard Street and back.
The 3.5 mile route was mapped out in advance, determined by images the Rooney sisters researched in The New York Historical Society's archive, specifically those from the "Subway construction photograph collection, 1900-1950" (courtesy of The New York Board of Transportation). These images appear intermittently throughout the film, inserted in place of Bluescreen as it moves through the present-day reality of these streets.
Listed below are the image titles of photographs in the order they appear in the video. All images are sourced from the "Subway construction photograph collection, 1900-1950," from the New York (N.Y.). Board of Transportation, courtesy of The New York Historical Society. © New York Transit Museum.
19 Beach Street, Manhattan, 1915-03-05
102 Franklin Street and 59 Leonard Street, Manhattan, 1930-10-16
59 Leonard Street, Manhattan, 1930-10-16
290-304 Broadway, Manhattan, 1912-06-09
122 and 124 Duane Street, Manhattan, 1928-01-24
Centre and Pearl Street, Manhattan, 1911-11-29
510 Pearl Street, Manhattan, 1911-03-01
Worth and Elm Street, Manhattan, 1904-08-18
Mott Street and Pell Street, Manhattan, 1907-06-26
26 Mott Street, Manhattan, 1907-06-18
49-51 Hester Street [and Essex Street], Manhattan, 1930-07-19
Orchard Street and Delancey Street, Manhattan, 1909-07-20
380 to 398 Broadway, Manhattan, 1912-06-09
13 North Moore Street, Manhattan, 1915-05-11
