an attempt to find the line between memory and history, the construction of place and the manipulation of environment–the real and the simulated, the distillation and de-construction of monumental, mundane events. a kinetic sculpture sits in the center of a 40’x20′ room filled with 3000 gallons of water. a catwalk circles the work, the concrete circle rotates on position every hour four 24 hours, documenting a slow, persistent, aestheticized oil leak as gradient over time.
2017 steel, concrete, microcontroller, stepper motor, water, 2001 ford escape oil pan, 10w40 motor oil, catwalk, light.
: social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values
The reforms of a ruined economy, under these conditions, brought about social anomie, desperation and poverty rather than relief and prosperity.—T. Mastnak
also: personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals
In the face of these prevailing values, many workers experience a kind of anomie. Their jobs become empty, meaningless, and intrinsically unsatisfying.—
