Video & Photo Installation

Chaos / Or My Souls in the Water: I recorded beluga whales at the New York Aquarium. In spite of the lifeless tank in which they continuously circled, these creatures were beautiful and serene.

This work addresses the societal confines in which we live, the inhumane world in which we sometimes find ourselves, and the struggle to retain a connection to our basic nature.

Four monitors are placed behind a partition in the corners of the room, making the space octagonal. The monitors play the same tape in a "round" offset by 5 seconds, creating a circular sound and visual pattern in the room. The floor echoes this motion in a yellow spiral of projected light. The walls resemble an underwater dancing light pattern. It plays at a continual loop.