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Actually, WetVan is the realization of a quirky auto-vision that I have harbored for years. I wasn't exactly sure
what I wanted it to look like, but I knew it had to be constructed in a car or a van and be self-powered. The idea of driving
an art work into a gallery space really got my engines racing!
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I wanted this installation to be as shiny and reflective as possible. The tape echoed the glassware and the water
in the glasses. Additionally, several pumps and aquarium "bubblers" offer the startling image of flowing water in a motor
vehicle. The movement of the water plays on the movement of the van.
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| Testing the first fountain... |
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| An impressive waterworks! |
Packing tape is a material that I have been using for years, initially to "laminate" my artist's books and magazines (giving
them a glossy, wipe-clean finish). I contend that my love of tape is genetic; my Estonian grandfather applied different
types of tape (duct, electrical, scotch, etc) to everything in his house. One day I woke up exclaiming, "Tape! Great stuff!"
and discovered its remarkable art properties. A fetish was born.
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An attempt to turn WetVan around in our backyard caused a spontaneous demolition derby. There were white knuckle
moments a-plenty and a heart-pounding skirmish with death and destruction when it was discovered that WetVan had no
brakes! I still lament the absence of the "the camera crew" who could have documented those (now laughable) but aesthetically
terrifying few moments. I have never created an art object that required a brake job before.
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