The Well of Patience / Capp Street Residency - San Francisco 1988
Glasgow, Scotland / European City of Culture, June/Sept. 1990
The Well of Patience, three-channel video installation, premiered at Capp Street Project, San Francisco California. Founded in San Francisco in 1983 by Ann Hatch, the Capp Street Project was the first visual arts residency in the United States dedicated solely to the creation and presentation of new art installations. The organization took its name from the house at 65 Capp Street designed by the artist David Ireland. Since its inception, Capp Street Project has given more than 100 local, national, and international artists the opportunity to create new work through its residency and public exhibition programs. A larger scale version of the Well of Patience then traveled to: Tate Gallery Liverpool; and was selected for the European City of Culture Festival, Pearce Institute, Glasgow (honored as “Best Media Art Exhibition”)
1990 – 1988 The Well of Patience, three-channel video installation (91 min.)
The Well of Patience is a dramatic allegorical and kinetic environment utilizing sculptural and video imagery presented within a circular space, 32 feet in diameter. This monumental work employed 12 revolving panoramic video projections cast on a 12 foot high, circular screens. The interior structure allowed the viewer to enter the installation's center, allowing for the visual interplay of three distinct environmental planes: the earth, the horizon, and the heavens. The video imagery is divided thematically into four sections: creation, sustenance, destruction and the concealment of grace in the world of appearances.
The Well of Patience is a dramatic allegorical and kinetic environment utilizing sculptural and video imagery presented within a circular space, 32 feet in diameter. This monumental work employed 12 revolving panoramic video projections cast on a 12 foot high, circular screens. The interior structure allowed the viewer to enter the installation's center, allowing for the visual interplay of three distinct environmental planes: the earth, the horizon, and the heavens. The video imagery is divided thematically into four sections: creation, sustenance, destruction and the concealment of grace in the world of appearances.