Till Tomorrow On

The video/print installation, Arch reveals the nature of the spectacle of political machinations, and the robust reproduction of power structures.  The departure point for Arch is a large 16th century multi-woodblock print by Albrecht Durer, Triumphal Arch.  The original print featured interchangeable panels in an architectural armature.  The panels, functioning as propaganda, could be removed, replaced, or relocated depending upon political necessity and imperial whim.  Arch is a redrawn, reconfigured, and updated Triumphal Arch positioned within the context of American Spectacle.  Arch is activated by video in which the actor attempts to influence the drift, or course of history, by altering and deconstructing the set.  However, these attempts crash against impossibility as the video is projected against a screen containing an immovable superstructure.