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The action can be observed taking place in an enclosed room, through
a wall of floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Opposite these windows
is a wall, onto which a live video feed (of the same action) is
projected. The live feed is from a camera, mounted on the back wall
of the room, facing outward toward the glass. The camera feeds the
projection its perspective: the action, and through the windows,
the audience watching the action --or projection-- and the projection
itself, repeated like a hall of mirrors. The audience can look back
and forth between the action and the projection, but not see both
at once.
ONE
The room is white with a grey floor. I am wearing head to toe black
latex. I paint the ceiling, walls, and floor black. I then cover
the floor with a plastic tarp and take off the latex. I pour 5 gallons
of Elmer’s glue over my head and stand facing the camera, waiting
for it to dry. Once it dries, I peel the glue off of my body in
one piece. (4:24:27)
TWO
The room is now black, floor to ceiling. I am wearing a white sweat-suit.
I cover the ceiling, walls and floor with white butcher paper. I
make a shallow plastic pool and fill it with black ink. I put up
my hood and tie it so that my face is covered. I jump rope in the
ink --splattering the papered room and myself-- until there is no
more left in the pool. (3:25:52)
THREE
The paper is removed and once more the room is black, floor to ceiling.
I mix 40 pounds of dry plaster with water. I pour the plaster into
boxes and then put my feet in. When the plaster is dry, I remove
the boxes and have plaster blocks on my feet. I paint the walls
and ceiling white. Dragging my heavy plaster block-feet as I work
makes a chalky drawing on the black floor. When I finish painting,
I remove the blocks. (3:08:29)
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