Open
2007
Maple, hardware, electronics, recorded and composed soundtrack,
14 x 10 3⁄4 x 17 inches

A handcrafted, solid maple box invites viewers to open it.  Upon opening, sound emerges from the empty box, numerous voices saying “I love you”: These initially soft voices gradually become louder until they are yelling. The chorus of “I love you’s” are silenced when the viewer closes the box.

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Click for Press:

Artforum (2007)

The New Yorker (2007)

New York Magazine (2007)

Time Out (2007)

Rhizome.Org (2007)

Voice and Void Catalogue (PDF)