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The sound before you make it (installation view)

The sound before you make it (installation view), 2005, kinetic sculpture.


Wood, plastic, paint, motor, strobe light, sensor, sound
Sound sampled from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video (1983)

Remixing a scene from Michael Jackson’s Thriller, this work employs the technology of the zoetrope; animating three-dimensional figures via the sequencing of movement and a strobe light to create the illusion that the disk is stationary and the zombies are dancing.