"I removed the background environment and figures from a found video of a midnight product release at a department store. The resulting isolated hands in motion emphasise the grabbing, desperate battle for ownership in a situation of limited supply."
Midnight Arrives (2012)
Other works by James Oram
James Oram
Feeling the Burn (2006)
A work of endurance that draws the spectator into the artist's cycles of action and breath.
James Oram
We found love (2012)
We Found Love records several layers of social and technological interaction at one remove from the present.
James Oram
Breath in a Bag (2011)
A plastic bag expands and contracts, moving as if it has a life of its own.
James Oram
Self Generating (2006)
The artist pedals an exercycle to power their ego, or sense of self.
Related essay
A Potentially Eternal Cycle: James Oram's Wallpaper
A Potentially Eternal Cycle: James Oram's Wallpaper
Essay
From the 2017/2018 Summer Reading Series, James Hope writes on the work of James Oram.