stills from Continuous Sculpture, 2004
aluminum foil, work light, blue gel, foam core, rotator, live video surveillance, and monitor© Brent Wahl
The mechanical element of this installation is hidden in a room just off of the exhibition space - it is meant for the viewers to discover via their own curiosity (or not). This hidden, usually unseen element, is a low-tech, ‘rotating arena’. The oval-shaped arena houses a miniature and joined aluminum foil form that fills the interior of the space. The ‘arena’ then rotates slowly while it is under video surveillance. The live-stream surveillance in the main gallery is presented on a solitary monitor, where a continuous and mesmerizing abstraction of the surveyed aluminum form is displayed. The resulting image moves continuously from the right to the left of the screen. The viewer anticipates a start and a finish, and neither arrives.
stills from Continuous Sculpture, 2004
aluminum foil, work light, blue gel, foam core, rotator, live video surveillance, and monitor© Brent Wahl
The mechanical element of this installation is hidden in a room just off of the exhibition space - it is meant for the viewers to discover via their own curiosity (or not). This hidden, usually unseen element, is a low-tech, ‘rotating arena’. The oval-shaped arena houses a miniature and joined aluminum foil form that fills the interior of the space. The ‘arena’ then rotates slowly while it is under video surveillance. The live-stream surveillance in the main gallery is presented on a solitary monitor, where a continuous and mesmerizing abstraction of the surveyed aluminum form is displayed. The resulting image moves continuously from the right to the left of the screen. The viewer anticipates a start and a finish, and neither arrives.
stills from Continuous Sculpture, 2004
aluminum foil, work light, blue gel, foam core, rotator, live video surveillance, and monitor© Brent Wahl
The mechanical element of this installation is hidden in a room just off of the exhibition space - it is meant for the viewers to discover via their own curiosity (or not). This hidden, usually unseen element, is a low-tech, ‘rotating arena’. The oval-shaped arena houses a miniature and joined aluminum foil form that fills the interior of the space. The ‘arena’ then rotates slowly while it is under video surveillance. The live-stream surveillance in the main gallery is presented on a solitary monitor, where a continuous and mesmerizing abstraction of the surveyed aluminum form is displayed. The resulting image moves continuously from the right to the left of the screen. The viewer anticipates a start and a finish, and neither arrives.