installation view, Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC

Flyguy Triggering His Own Motion Sensor

2010
nylon, fan, plinth, motion sensor.

A flyguy (one of the familiar dancing inflatables that wave people into carwashes and fast food restaurants) has been moved into the gallery and hooked up to a motion sensor. In this tragicomic installation, he writhes on the ground, making heartbreaking convulsions in front of the motion sensor. If he were to stop for a moment, the power would shut off and he would fall still forever.

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