"the comforting illusion" (1999)
“The comforting illusion”, was designed and produced for the very small Gallery 5 at Linden Gallery, Melbourne. It was a series of three consecutive installations which were based on ideas present in the quote by S Gruzinski from the 1997 Poetics/Politics Documenta X catalogue. The three experiential environments played with the viewers’ sense of inner duration.
(the prey)
Wood, mirror and door peeper, 70cm x 175cm x 70cm(the prey) invited the viewer to duck into a fake wall partition lined on four sides with mirrors. Once surrounded by mirrors the viewer is left to contemplate that sight in that irrecoverable moment
(just remember this)
Black curtain and wooden supports, 250cm x 175cm x 200cm
(just remember this) offered a near impossible dense maze of heavy black curtaining in complete darkness. The disorientating experience was designed to stretch the experience of time and conjure thoughts of the longest moment in death.
(breathe)
Slide projected installation