_Born 1968
in Davenport, Iowa
_Lives in New York
Involuntary
Reception, 2000
Digital video / twin DVD (color, stereo
sound)
Courtesy of the artist
Involuntary
Reception is a two-channel video projection about a young woman whose
body and mind are inhabited by unusually large levels of electromagnetivity.
The two-channel aspect of this video echoes her paradoxical relationship
to technology. On the one hand her mutation has exiled her from popular
electronic culture, on the other hand it has enabled her to self-broadcast
without the aid of hardware. How does this position her in the eyes of
society at large? She is a spectacle, to some a victim, to others a superhero,
civilization’s least known potential-enemy, a spiritual leader, and
an overgrown teenager adapting to the precipitation of technological
standards.
My character’s story is complex. She is not sure which team she is
siding with. She is tired of making these decisions: left click or right
click, heads or tails, zeros or ones. She is hungry but she is allergic
to everything. She gets her power out of falling, crashing. "Still
going strong ... Nothing beats the Copper Top!"
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