ADO (PILLAR OF SALT)
2019
Single channel video, 15’00.
1 minute video excerpt, stills.
Projected at large scale, Ado (Pillar of Salt) is an unflinching work of observation. It shows a couple fleeing from an unseen disaster. The woman turns, becoming a witness who fails to look away. Reactions of horror and disbelief transition to a determined gaze that continues to watch as the fire illuminating the scene fades to black.
Presented in extreme slow motion, without sound or context, the work investigates ideas around affect and the constitutive blank, asking what we choose to witness, and what it means to observe what are told to ignore.
Additional performance and assistance by Mike Greaney.
Pyrotechnics by Danny Delahunty.