THE TENSION BETWEEN US (TWO)

PURPOSE-BUILT PLYWOOD CUBE, HOUSING SOUND-BASED INSTALLATION
SMU CAR PARK, MAY 2013

A wooden cube sits ominously in a car park. Sound eminates from its walls spilling into adjacent buildings. The door is wedged ajar, a black curtain concealing the inside. 

 

Beyond the curtain darkness and deafening noise await. Disorientating, confusing, challenging the viewer not to leave. Eyes adjusting to the light, a shape can be made out in the centre of the space. 

 

The shape is square, but low. People are sitting on its black surface. Through its translucent sides a blur of electronic devices seem to be causing the sounds. The machines’ small blue and red lights shimmer through wrapped layers of plastic film. 

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The sounds are hypnotic, melodic, unsettling, confused. Noise fills the room, and continues on, outlasting every viewer, winning this battle of endurance.