44 Seconds

2008
Wood construction, paint, florescent lighting, camera, TV monitor, white noise machine

44 Seconds was a site-specific installation in response to the space in the Freeze building in Bangor where it was displayed. The installation considered the idea of the typical spaces in which one views art, usually a white gallery. This work, consisting of a 7’ x 7’ wood constructed structure that the viewer enters through an open doorway, was a completely white environment comprised of white walls, white lights, and white noise. A camera in the ceiling of the structure presented the activity within the cube to a monitor mounted on the outside for other viewers to see. 44 Seconds called attention to the notion of the white, sterile, art space by pushing the boundaries, presenting and confronting the viewer with an uncomfortable experience that enhanced the senses to question the space they are in.