In this project, a precursor to
Lifeblood, I used a row of eight air tubes placed in the bottom
of the water tank to write out alphanumeric symbols one at a time. The
video shows a small segment of a long, poetic statement. ThinkTank
is pictured here writing "AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR."
This image was taken at the 1926 Gallery, where it was installed in the front window of the space. A computer program written in Max/MSP controls how the bubbles are released. There they are caught in the middle of writing the letter A.