Eternal Climb began as part of the REplay Series and has gone onto being a standalone piece as well. In a general economic sense, the forces of the stock market affect us all in our own financial climbs through life. The Eternal Climb makes this informational process physical. The video playback of climbing a ladder is literally controlled by the fortunes of the market. An 'up' day on the market displays the hands normally, while a 'down' day is coded red. The speed of playback is based on changes in the market within the last 20 minutes. When there is a lot of volatility, the action becomes frantic. When there is little change, the motion almost comes to a stop with subtle movements in the gesture revealed. These recent changes also dictate the direction of playback. Fluxuations in the 'up' direction make the video gesture a climb. 'Down' fluxuations show a decent. But the gesture is Sisyphean, as the top, and a velvet pillow with 'home' embroidered on it, always remains out of reach.
The REplay Series explores gender, sexuality, and memory through psychological loops shot on Super8 film and transferred to video, suggesting home movies or a flickery memory. Objects, rhymes, games, technologies, stories and even taunts from childhood reverberate both personally and culturally. Here, a woman tries to remember and forget by enacting and reframing old gestures. Video and sound loops on LCD screens are embedded into objects and projected, some repeating endlessly while others controlled by the presence of the viewer or the whims of the live stock market.