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Chorus
1998,
kinetic installation
First shown in the 'Soda' group show at Lux Gallery, London, 'Chorus'
comprises 72 electronic musical greetings cards mounted on the gallery
wall. Each of these is opened by a mechanical arm, and the signal
to open or close each card is determined by a piece of software
that is in effect the conductor of the chorus. Together the cards
perform a four-minute audio piece that uses the sounds built into
them, including applause, electronic tunes, a baby crying, and a
female orgasm.
V-I-P
1999-2000, performances, website, phone system, business plan,
video
This mixed media
project revolved around the launch of a new product — the V-I-P
(or vibrating internal pager), a consumer electronic cult object.
Through product launch events, a web site where you could configure
and order your own V-I-P, a phone line where you could trigger calls
to pagers, and the distribution of a business plan, the project
intervened into contemporary debates about desire, technology and
interaction. Product launches were held in London, Huddersfield,
Glasgow, Manchester, Colchester and Sheffield during 1999-2000.
The product launch events were a collaboration with writer/performer
Lisa Gornick. Funded by the Arts Council's Combined Arts Projects
Fund and TEST.
Software
that outputs a voice that starts with a very large number and counts
down to a very small number
2001, audio work
Originally commissioned by Lux Editions as a piece of software and
an audio CD, this work was included in the group show 'Everything
is Number' at the Site Gallery, Sheffield, between June and August
2001. Installed at Sheffield train station, the piece used a small
piece of software that outputs the artist's voice counting down
from a very large number to a very small number, and added another
layer to the many audio and number systems that people might engage
with in the station environment - platform details, timetables,
announcements, phone calls etc. www.sitegallery.org
Audit
2002, artist's book
This artist's book, which exploits ideas within business and the
arts to explore how value is measured and discussed, documents a
process in which the artist conducts a personal audit. By means
of a form designed by the artist, people who know her from different
contexts are asked to respond to Kimbell's question 'What am I worth?'
The book will include an analysis of the completed forms and transcripts
of conversations with practitioners from disciplines such as management
consulting, accountancy, cultural theory and psychoanalysis about
the nature of the audit itself. Commissioned by Book Works for its
New Writing Series. To be published Summer 2002. www.bookworks.org.uk
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