Kinointim, Salzburg Summer Academy, 2004

The instructions tell a spectator to put on white cotton gloves and press the big, red button on the photo-timer, which passes electricity to the projector for 40 seconds. As no screen stands before the projector, the spectator is left to reach out in space and hold the image, moving their hand back and forth to sharpen its focus. By the time they discover this and see that the image is of Stephansdom in Vienna the timer shuts off. This provides a very measurable time frame for a gallery installation, the lack of which can be detrimental for moving image work. Unlike an endless loop, this time frame bring with it a sense of urgency and volition. As a trained metalsmith, I appreciate the quality of delicacy and fragility that the cotton gloves impose on the light.

The quality of Gothic architecture that I admire most is how impossible it is to understand on a human scale. There is never a point from which you can experience it all at once. That Is a magical quality that I would like to feel in my own work.