At Home:
The project first began as a site specific installation placed in private households. I created equipment that was capable of recording and playing back audio video. I placed the equipment in private households in New York, Vermont and Tokyo, asking the residents to record and exchange personal video messages amongst themselves. A total of five households, including my own, used he equipment. I selected the households on no particular criteria, I simply offered the equipment to anyone I knew who was interested in participating.
I gave little direction to participants, only to portrait themselves within an intimate distance from the equipment. Left over a period of time, numerous video messages were exchanged between participants. In some instances this process revealed emotional issues that had never been discussed before, while in other instances a highly charged emotion was suppressed due to the presence of the equipment. At the conclusion, I asked participants to select sections of material they felt comfortable having others view, with the understanding that the origin of the material would remain anonymous. In some cases, I was asked to select the material, and at times was denied the release.