Portrait of Rebecca with Power Line Fluctuations

The sculpture consists of a fourteen-inch black-and-white video monitor displaying a life-size frozen image of a woman’s face.

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Portrait of Rebecca with Power Line Fluctuations

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1992
18 x 18 x 24 in
Video monitor, custom electronics

The sculpture consists of a fourteen-inch black-and-white video monitor displaying a life-size frozen image of a woman’s face.

The sculpture consists of a fourteen-inch black-and-white video monitor displaying a life-size frozen image of a woman’s face. She is looking into a light bulb. When the light bulb is not flickering in intensity, the woman is looking out at the viewer (out of the frame). When the light bulb flickers a lot, the woman’s gaze turns inward to the light bulb (into the frame). The light bulb intensity fluctuations are controlled by measuring and amplifying the power line fluctuations. For example, if an air conditioner, refrigerator, or powerful light is turned on or off near the work, the light bulb will fluctuate and the woman will respond.