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fluid mechanics: exhaust system
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fluid mechanics: exhaust system
fluid mechanics: exhaust system is a durational installation where bodies and materials keep time together. Here, time is a material punctuated by chemical, thermal, and atmospheric state-change. Actions derived from practices of bodily maintenance are repeated and extended to a point of ambiguity, between exhaustion and regeneration, therapeutic and dysfunctional. Gesturing toward the work bodies do— circulating, absorbing, and filtering—insistence is prioritized over the pretense of fluidity. fluid mechanics: exhaust system asks what it means to sustain bodies over time: how long can an action continue before it breaks down? What can exhaustion produce? What kinds of time do materials—and bodies—actually keep?
Tap water, collagen, exhaust pipes, polyethylene tubing, pressure-compensating drippers, aluminum, water hose, poly tubing roll, iron oxide, titanium dioxide, various orthopedic supports and protective sports equipment.
Performers: MJ Chahine, Jasmine Purchas, Egbert Vongmalaithong
Fabrication and Installation Assistance: Stefan ScheerCook
Photography: Taylor Freeman Gillespie, The Anderson.