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Gary Hill (American, born 1951)
Hole in the Wall, 1974/2001
Whereas many artists included in this exhibition were working to metaphorically "break down" the limits of the gallery wall, Gary Hill, in his first video installation, did so concretely. Using a video camera, Hill framed part of the surface of an outside wall to the same size as a monitor. He then recorded himself as he cut into the various layers of the wall until he broke through to the other side. The videotape of that process was then replayed on a monitor placed in the hole he had created.
This is third realization of Hole in the Wall since its original presentation. Hill's dramatic statement about the gallery space asserted what were to become two key elements of his later work: that the body and the image are performative tools and that the construction and interpretation of the created image are mental, rather than literal, concepts.
The performer in this recreation is Mark McLoughlin.
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About Gary Hill
Born 1951, Santa Monica, California
Lives in Seattle, Washington
Gary Hill's work explores the associations between words and electronic images, combining the essentials of video, sculpture, audio, and verbal and written text. Hill began his career as a sculptor in the 1960s. His work of the 1970s challenged formalism with technically sophisticated video installations. Today he is recognized as one of the world's leading video artists. He often includes the human body and the written word in his video installations, forging linkages between the body and linguistic signs.
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Peter Campus (American, born 1937)
aen, 1977
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