Lethe Room, 2004 Site-specific installation: concrete, metal, wood, newsprint paper,
artist's body, motorized sensors, sound. Photo: Hermann Feldhaus and Meredith Drum. Courtesy Remy Toledo Gallery, New York.
Lethe Room, 2004
Hundreds of layers of newsprint paper are enclosed in concrete vessel. The
artist's body has shaped the papers, as she was submerged in them and moved
within with her eyes closed. The paper material is set in continuous motion,
resembling a breathing organism, suggesting the presence of someone or
something moving underneath. The artist designed the sequence of movement
based on a 2-minute fragment of music composed by Hildegard von Bingen.
"Lethe" (River of Forgetfulness) is one of the five rivers dividing Hades
from the world of the living; its waters cause drinkers to forget their
past.
