Alone Together in the Dark
2-channel video installation with sound and photographic murals, 2009
images above, video stills; images below, installation views
Description:
Two videos projected on opposite walls feature zombies and vampires staging a dramatic Western-style showdown at
dawn in the desert.
Surrounding the videos are floor-to-ceiling photographic murals that wrap the gallery in local desert imagery: cacti, mountain, rugged terrain,
contemporary ghost towns, and graveyards. A freestanding saguaro rattles dryly.
This work was created in residence at ASU Art Museum with a cast of local participants in Tempe, Arizona, and included 50 actors, 4 videographers, 1 documentary photographer, 10 make-up artists, and 1 sound designer. Curated by John Spiak.
The video above demonstrates the two video channels side-by side. They are however installed opposite one another and surrounded by the photographic banners.
