Multi-media installation
Black and white room,
244 x 244 x 244 cm each
Inside the black room:
Black-and-white photograph (Rodney King), digital photo print (duratrans)
between half transparanet mirror and acrylic glass,
flush 81 x 56 cm, fixed with black textile adhesive tape,
Halogen spotlight with timer
Audio monologue (Rodney King), 5 min 46 sec (loop)
Inside the white room:
Integrated video monitor, video (amateur footage Rodney King), sound
(music compilation by Adrian Piper), 30 min
Audio-monologue (excerpt of speech by
George Bush senior), 30 min
In both rooms:
Black-and-white photograph (same picture of George Bush Senior each),
73.5 x 101.5 cm each
Black leather chair, table, varnished in black, tissue box, trash basket
Wall text:
Once you have taken everything away from
a man, he is no longer in your power. He
is free.
--Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle
