The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, Massachusets, 2009–2010
Galerie Lelong, 2011
In this multimedia installation viewers experienced a visual and aural narrative conveying the complex psychological and emotional impact that combat has on both military personnel and civilians. Based on interviews and encounters with veterans and civilians from Iraq and Afghanistan, the project placed the viewer inside the conflict but just out of harm’s way, illustrating the horrors of war while calling attention to the fact that only those who directly experience war can truly understand its effects. Viewers enter a darkened gallery space, with the only source of light being projections of horizontal windows along the perimeter towards the ceiling. In projection, the routine sounds of daily life were interrupted by the noise of destruction and chaos as a narrative unfolds across three walls of the gallery.
