This installation consists of a video camera pointed at a candle on a table, beside a monitor displaying the image of the candle and a video image of text that is projected onto the wall behind the table. All of this is in a medium-sized room painted black. A sequence takes place about every forty seconds as follows: First, text is projected onto the black wall that reads, “Search: light.” A short time later a sentence containing the word “light” is projected onto the wall. The source of this sentence is arbitrary and from one of three sources: The King James Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare, or the complete New York Times (including ads) from the opening day of the exhibition. The text disappears and next, a virtual hand descends on the video screen. The palm lowers onto the live image of the candle’s flame. The text “Search: heat” then appears on the wall and again, a short time later, a sentence containing the word “heat” appears on the wall from the same sources listed above. The text disappears and the hand leaves the flame and the text “Search: pain” appears on the wall, followed by a sentence containing the word pain. The cycle repeats. The hand that lowers itself onto the flame alternates between those of a one-month-old baby, a thirty-five-year-old man, and a seventy-five-year-old woman. There is a light bulb mounted in the entrance to the room, which flickers in unison with the candle (the light of the candle is measured by the work and magnified and mimicked by the 200-watt light bulb). The fluctuating light bulb is the only light source in the room other then the real candle.
This installation consists of a video camera pointed at a candle on a table, beside a monitor displaying the image of the candle and a video image of text that is projected onto the wall behind the table. All of this is in a medium-sized room painted black. A sequence takes place about every forty seconds as follows: First, text is projected onto the black wall that reads, “Search: light.” A short time later a sentence containing the word “light” is projected onto the wall. The source of this sentence is arbitrary and from one of three sources: The King James Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare, or the complete New York Times (including ads) from the opening day of the exhibition. The text disappears and next, a virtual hand descends on the video screen. The palm lowers onto the live image of the candle’s flame. The text “Search: heat” then appears on the wall and again, a short time later, a sentence containing the word “heat” appears on the wall from the same sources listed above. The text disappears and the hand leaves the flame and the text “Search: pain” appears on the wall, followed by a sentence containing the word pain. The cycle repeats. The hand that lowers itself onto the flame alternates between those of a one-month-old baby, a thirty-five-year-old man, and a seventy-five-year-old woman. There is a light bulb mounted in the entrance to the room, which flickers in unison with the candle (the light of the candle is measured by the work and magnified and mimicked by the 200-watt light bulb). The fluctuating light bulb is the only light source in the room other then the real candle.
This installation consists of a video camera pointed at a candle on a table, beside a monitor displaying the image of the candle and a video image of text that is projected onto the wall behind the table. All of this is in a medium-sized room painted black. A sequence takes place about every forty seconds as follows: First, text is projected onto the black wall that reads, “Search: light.” A short time later a sentence containing the word “light” is projected onto the wall. The source of this sentence is arbitrary and from one of three sources: The King James Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare, or the complete New York Times (including ads) from the opening day of the exhibition. The text disappears and next, a virtual hand descends on the video screen. The palm lowers onto the live image of the candle’s flame. The text “Search: heat” then appears on the wall and again, a short time later, a sentence containing the word “heat” appears on the wall from the same sources listed above. The text disappears and the hand leaves the flame and the text “Search: pain” appears on the wall, followed by a sentence containing the word pain. The cycle repeats. The hand that lowers itself onto the flame alternates between those of a one-month-old baby, a thirty-five-year-old man, and a seventy-five-year-old woman. There is a light bulb mounted in the entrance to the room, which flickers in unison with the candle (the light of the candle is measured by the work and magnified and mimicked by the 200-watt light bulb). The fluctuating light bulb is the only light source in the room other then the real candle.
