Walking Along the Memorial Wall
A Walk along the Memorial Wall is a video and sound installation composed from experiences shared online at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. Born from the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on personal movement and travel, I spent time on social media sites such as Youtube, Instagram, Yelp, Trip Advisor and Google Maps, from where she collected material to stitch together a repository of experiences that visitors chose to record and upload at the memorial in Washington D.C. The videos are a haptic representation of a virtual walk inside and along the wall, showing the ways visitors engage with it guided by my disembodied arm. My arm simulates scrolling, touching and rubbing in an emotionally charged yet disconnected sphere. The installation amplifies the body’s spectral relationship to Maya Lin’s memorial at a time when engagement is restricted.
Risograph publication detailing elements of the video and sound installation in addition to an essay written by the artist.
empathic simulation, contact microphone interactive installation, dimensions variable, 2021. Interactive sound installation highlighting hierarchies of experience within the video installation.