Sentry (Kit Carson, Colorado), 2009
Realtime 3D projection, 4.5m x 6m
'Sentry (Kit Carson, Colorado) 2009' depicts a brilliant red oil derrick stooping repetitively to the earth to draw oil to the surface.
'Sentry' is the brand name of the pump, clearly visible on a large badge on the arm of the machine. The work is designed to function within a temporal space identical to our own – that is to say, the scene progresses through an ongoing chronology and constantly changing play of light that runs, accurately, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
This work will be shown at the Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, as part of Infinitum, the final part of a trilogy of exhibitions mounted by Axel Vervoordt which began in 2007 with Artempo: When Time Becomes Art.
Production: Werner Poetzelberger. Modelling: Daniel Fellsner. Programming: Helmut Bressler. Presentation design / Corian fabrication: Jakob Illera / Inseq, Vienna.
