Holy Cow Television, is comprised of two skinned TV units, one of which is an integrated TV/VCR combo unit. Both TV units rest on a bare wood skeleton frame. A small plastic cow sits in front of the first TV, and its projected double can be seen on the second TV set just behind it.
The thematic basis of Monologues: A Meditation In 3 Movements was to create an over arcing exploration of media-based perception.
In exploring the emerging video technology of the early eighties, I created a twenty-one minute video entitled ever/Becoming (1984).
18 Seconds (Les dix-huit secondes) / vs02 was inspired by a screenplay by Antonin Artaud. The work uses imagery – digital and organic – as metaphors to capture the psychological state – in flux – of the protagonist
The term Chimera has had a long and rich history dating back to Greek mythology with the most famous definition defined by Homer in the Odyssey where he describes it as “a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire.”
The primary intent of using low-fi technology in my previous Hybrid Sculptural Objects (part of the ‘The Obscure Objects of Desire’ installation) was to create a non-confrontational and accessible entry point in which to engage with the visitor/participant in a critical discourse regarding technology’s ubiquitous intervention and role in society.
Presence is the forth and final work in the ‘Limits of Control’ series (2009), and part of the Obscure Objects of Desire and the Rise of the Technological Chimera installation at AXENEO7 (2010).
