Randall's Tunnel, Installation ©2004

Randall’s Tunnel is a multi-projection video installation composed of four video projections, sound manipulation and a large pot of boiling water on an electric burner. Upon entering the installation the viewer encounters two screens (5 ft X 8 ft) hanging from the ceiling at varying heights. These screens cut into the space, creating a kind of passage or tunnel to be navigated. Behind these screens is a video projected onto the back wall with a pot of boiling water in front of it . Off to the side is a pillow that has a video of feet walking projected on it. Each video has its own sound component. These sounds mix together to create a beautiful and sometimes uncomfortable mass of tones. When coming closer to each projection one can hear a specific component of the sound more distinctly.

In Randall’s Tunnel, time and motion do not imply progress, but rather re-circulation. In the installation, a body bounces back and forth like a metronome in the main video, trees pass by endlessly on the supporting videos, and large pots on burners attempt to contain the pressure of the boiling water that they hold. Each of these elements offers the viewer an alternative possibility through which to contemplate the passage of time.

Randall’s Tunnel was installed November 2004 at HereART in NYC. The exhibition was made possible in part by the Manhattan Community Arts Fund/ New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. This project is also supported by a grant from the Special Opportunity Stipend Program through the New York Foundation for the Arts, administered on Long Island by the East End Arts Council.