SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS-1

Digitally-enhanced images from Christmas card selections, ranging from Christian to cartoon-like imagery are projected ,two at a time, onto an end 10’x22’ wall, allowing viewers to select images they feel most comfortable with, as instant video replays reveal their choices and, therefore, their commitment to religion, while the surrounding walls display the chronological history of the Epochs of Christianity written on them … complete with the dates and millions of those who lived and died in the name of Christianity, through its many wars.

Number:      91.IN.102                Date Completed: 1991

Size(hw):     2000 sq.ft. Gallery space 

Medium:      Installation

Materials:    Wood, Paint, Computer imagery, Video recordings, Live Playback 

How it was made (inspiration/location/statement):     

Viewers interact with infra-red detectors revealing themselves inside digitally enhanced images of their movements projected onto two video monitors, thereby revealing spatial relationships and relationships with religion.