Graduation works, Harvard BA Visual & Environmental Studies. All works 2000.
Espionne in an Empty Hourglass. 60 min single channel video on loop, plexiglass.
Performance for camera. The artist stuffs herself into a ‘box’ made from plastic sheeting, seals it airtight with tape, smokes a cigarette, unseals the container, then climbs out. The sequence is repeated two more times to comprise approximately an hour.
Nest for Espionnes. Iron, solder sticks.
The Instability of Self Supporting Structures (originally made 1998). Plywood, dry plaster.
Self-portrait. Plywood boards were cut to correspond to the dimensions of the artist’s body. Held together with clamps, the void was filled with tightly packed dry plaster. The release of the clamps brought the final work into being.
Hi. Iron armature, solder sticks, cling film, water, vegetable oil, Chinese ink, wheels.
Pollox 1-4. Plywood, wax. Each 8′ x 2′ x 4″
‘Paintings’ in wax, submerged in X-Box.
The photographs of Pollox pre-submersion were also used to create a one-off series of thermal wax prints.
X-Box. Plywood, wax, water, Chinese ink, vegetable oil. 18′ x 18′ x 4″
A structure of negation and reflection, in constant motion; the mixture of oil, ink and water representing the liquid dynamics of the space.
(The title pre-dates the arrival of the video game console and is not a reference.)
Jen Wu 