Persona  (2001)

Single channel video
Stereo audio
6:51 exhibition loop    1:00 sample


     Swirling images form and dissolve away in the midst of a human silhouette.  In the audio, solo and chorused voices talk and sing fragments of story and commentary.  One voice alone speaks in the first person.

     Persona references memorial art associated with ancient mosaic pavement, coins, medallions, and arches.  The audio contains a number of quasi-musical devices, including chorused voices and antiphonal chanting.