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- view of the camera lucida (holes)
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- view of the fabric walls and theremin
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- view of the security monitor
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- monitor with camera lucida’s in the background
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- view of the back wall with writing
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- constructed box, oil on panel
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- view of the fabric room
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- view of the fabric room and constructed box
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- view of the artifact (theremin sensor)
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- view of the theremin and sensors (copper tubes)
exhibitionSpace represents a show that explores the gallery as a social construction. For this exhibition I wanted to exhibit the gallery itself since I have come to the conclusion that art relies on the gallery or museum space itself to exist as art. Through observation of the gallery and research into it’s history I designed an installation that exposed the gallery walls, what was there but ignored and what existed before the gallery was built. This space could have simply been a classroom if the room had been labeled as such, but since it is labeled a fine art gallery people enter it in a different way and have different expectations from it.
I explored the six major planes of the gallery cube – ceiling, floor and walls by investigating the surfaces and drawing attention to what existed behind the surfaces. The installation emitted a drone sound and remained that way until a person entered the cube. Upon entering, sensors detected their presence and allowed them to ‘perform’ the cube by using their body to distort the video and audio. The video was a live feed and would capture images of the last person who activated the central cube, keeping their image static until the next subject entered the space.
media: theremin, arrowhead, fabric, oil on panel, acrylic, steel, monitors, 5-channel sound; dimensions: variable, completed: 2006