Gerard and Kelly, Human Directional (2011)
Performance, 10 minutes
Performance still, UCLA Warner Graduate Art Studios, June 2011
Human
Directional
An empty
space. A man
appears in
uniform. He spins
a sign that is
not there. On his
entrance, music
is heard, music
he listens to
when he spins
signs as part of
his line of work.
Another man
enters, also in
uniform, and
spins a sign,
also not there.
He stands in front
of the first and
faces the same
direction.
Different music is
heard as he enters,
on top of the music
already playing.
This is the music
the second
man listens to as he
spins signs for work. A third man enters and stands in front of the other two.
Ditto with spinning invisible sign and ditto with music. A fourth, a fifth,
a sixth, a seventh, an eighth, and a ninth man enter, each man’s
“entrance music” added to the others’. They stand,
spinning signs that are not there,
in the formation of an
arrow pointing to
nothing
.
