2003
Photo-etched aluminum, plastic tube, air pump, electroluminescent panels.
Dimensions variable.
This work, is created by a set of photo-etched aluminum miniature air conditioning ducts.
The geometric apparatus is mounted on the threshold of a door at approximately eye
height (56” high). One opening of the series blows a subtle wind across the threshold
onto the body of the viewer. Beyond its literal title-- that air blowing on a medical patient
is often painful and irritating-- the work suggests a larger metaphor. Minuscule or slight
agents might affect our personal relationships, histories or bodies in trying ways. The
small-scale piece overwhelms the viewer with significant sadness as the experience of it
stirs reflection of the body’s disconnection from surrounding phenomena.