Marking, Very, Nearly, Away

March 2011 at Highways Gallery, Santa Monica

“Marking, Very, Nearly, Away”, an interactive installation, invited the audience to mark their presence in time and space.  Using live video feed and drawing, traditional and digital approaches to recording the body are explored in real time through audience participation.
In this work, a space is created where the electronic body and the human body collide, furthering my interests in how technology impacts our experiences in the world. The viewer is invited to participate in the work through drawing. By recording their presence in this charged space, the project directly engages the audience. Mirroring through a live feed reflects the viewer in a large projection.  These drawings are layered over pre-recorded footage of a drawing as it is being made. The direct and tactile act of mark-making is contrasted with the ephemeral digital image. The act of leaving a physical mark, a record of ones presence, is connected to the worn patina of names hand written on the gallery floor at Highways – a memorial to those who have been lost to AIDS.