Installation view, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, grateful acknowledgements: Ontario Arts Council, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery.

A Machine To Release One Burst Of Confetti Gradually Over The Duration Of An Exhibition

2011
confetti, motorized conveyer belt, scaffold, stanchions.

A conveyer belt topped with confetti is programmed to run imperceptibly slowly. At a rate of roughly one flake every five minutes or so, the confetti trickles to the ground, with the entire 'burst' piling up on the floor two months later. An exuberant moment is drawn out to absurd lengths, leaving us to question whether or not such gestures of enthusiasm can sustain themselves over time.