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A mechanical sculpture stands near an orange chair

Translator, 2008

Heidi Kumao

Faculty

Mixed media: aluminum legs, plexiglas screen, steel, chain, two video projectors, two miniature chairs, two DVD players, two DVDs, two 7-foot long tables, approx. 72 x 42 x 168 inches.

Viewers hand crank the chain mechanism and drive the girl from one armchair to the other. Like a child caught between two feuding parents or a political mediator, she becomes the site of exchange, physically embodying the conversation.