Men in the Wall
“As each guy occupies his own space – now dancing, now playing the guitar while singing lieder – each acts as human semaphore, sending human-shaped signals. It's as tightly constructed as a classic American sitcom, and funnier” — Peter Goddard, Toronto Star
Men in the Wall is a four-screen 3D video installation where four men, life-size, chat across the boundaries of their own cramped frames, looping through a sequence of poetry, jokes, songs, quibbles, flamenco, and napping. To enter this quirky world, viewers don old school stereoscopic 3D glasses to watch these shared lives, revealing a public quartet of private differences.
Photo: Shannon K. Johnson/EMPAC.
Dates + Tickets
Installation Times
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4–10PM
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12–5PM
Thursday, April 17, 2008 12–8PM
Friday, April 18, 2008 12–8PM
Saturday, April 19, 2008 12–8PM
Season
Men in the Wall was commissioned by the UK Arts Council Capture 3 program, with support from The Centre for Research and Development (Arts and Architecture) University of Brighton. Premiere: 2004.