“I want you to be madly loved”
In collaboration with J Jiang
Under the direction of Jan Tichy, Judd Morrissey, and Austen Brown
Projection:
J Jiang
Sound:
Lee Johnson
Duration:
2 Minutes
“The work can be interpreted as making a fire between individuals, which surrounds and can trap someone. Andre Breton wrote that sentence for his daughter who was the only one who made Andre feel love. Within the phrase, there are images of items within THE MART, a fire alarm, an exit sign, a metronome, a speaker system, sconces, escalator. A sterile complexity. A person is walking, precariously. Listening and gasping with a flick of their tongue. An intense awkwardness. Music is replaced by real clock ticks, in the form of a drum set. 120 seconds of different percussion hits. As if the clock was trying to find the perfect expression for a second. If TikTok made a clock, would it be pitched at percussion and 808 kick? Would it be sold at THE MART?”
(Written by J Jiang)