Mining the Gap

view behind ventilation grate to bus stop outside (click to see video documentation)

       

Daylight and sound filter through a ventilation grate, revealing a passage through the wall and a real time view of the bus stop outside.  The passage is the interior of a periscope built behind the gallery wall. The periscope flips the view of the street activity 90 degrees.

The piece was exhibited at the Bronx Museum as part of its AIM 25 Exhibition in 2005.

materials: ventilation grate (20 x 20”), drywall, fiberglass insulation, wires, mirrors, wallpaper, and audio (2 speakers)

          

 Diagram of installation layout: