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A Thing Attains A Life
2019
Five-channel video with surround sound (run time: 27 minutes, 27 seconds)
Sound: Paul Botelho
Video: Steve Gibson
Choreography: Christopher Williams
Dimensions variable
Exhibited at Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY, NY; The Evergreen Museum and Library, Baltimore, MD; MAB Museum, Milton, PA.
A Thing Attains A Life is a five-channel video and surround sound work with choreography by Christopher Williams and sound by Paul Botelho. Over the course of the video draped figures transform cobalt blue puppets through progressive stages– Protozoan; Amoeba; Animal; Humanoid–culminating in a human form. Themes include the movement from one material or state to another; the eternal potentiality of all form to undue and remake itself forever; the temporal nature of life; and the beauty of impermanence. Installation variations include silver plated sculptures and oil paintings.