2001 two-chambered installation at Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
Ice room: 36'x30', styrofoam floes, acrylic, glue, clay slip, reflective
glass bead, mylar lettering of altered phrases from 1901 Pan American
Exposition, motorized figure skates, theater lights, glycerin, 19th Century
ice pick, 28' CD audio loop of a Zamboni in action with whispered phrases
from torturers' lexicons such as "the only words are my words".
Audio/Visual: 19'x8', Commercial ice freezer, ice trays filled with frozen
blood, walls covered with egg carton insulation, 4' diameter iron pan above
propane flame to sizzle blood ice cubes, CD audio loop of children's taunts
digitally lowered to adult pitch.
http://www.bigorbitgallery.org/bigorbit/andrewjohnson.html
Many thanks to Gary Nickard for his essay; Josh Bienko, Sean Donaher, and Susanne Slavick for their assistance; and Thermal Foams, Inc., Nicholson & Hall Boiler and Welding Corp., A.C.A. Reflective Glass Products, Inc., Simon Electric, and Kreher's Poultry Farms for their donations.
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