Each Thousand Years, But a Day (for Casper David Friedrich)
Acrylic tanks, lamb’s blood, pumps, pipes, refrigerators, custom micro-controllers, custom electronics, 5600k lights, tinted epoxy, steel,
performance, 2 channel DVD of performance, Dolby 5.1 sound
For Each Thousand Years, But a Day (for Casper David Friedrich) the space and time elements intertwine past, present and future. The installation is controlled by a computed prediction of light and darkness for Reykjavik in the next 1000 years. Blood fills and drains from three arched window panes, which is pumped through devices pulsing in tandem with the rising and setting of a simulated sun. While light floods into the space and remains for different lengths of time, darkness swallows up the room with equal disposition. Along the ceremonious beginning and ending of the simulated days, an electric guitar and a group of brass instruments solemnly bring a tempo to the rite.