cry 2009

single-channel projection
SD video with sound
continuous loop 1 min 39 sec

The first thing you notice is a terrible sound. It is a deep, low, mournful cry. A sound rarely heard at this intensity. It is the sound of a grown man sobbing. Upon entering the dark gallery space you see the head of a baby projected onto the wall. The sound of the crying is perfectly synced to the baby’s mouth because it is his crying — manipulated by a simple cinematic technique.   Does the baby know something of his future, does his cry indicate ancestral trauma, or has a grown man been catapulted into events that send him into a state where he cries like a baby?