See/Saw is part of MNEMONIC DEVICES. The most prominent component of the work, this twelve-foot seesaw, literally requires two peoples' participation, even cooperation. The seesaw acts like a giant video switcher: the way the participants 'play' determines the sequence, direction, and speed of images projected on an adjacent screen. Imagery is shot on super8 film, lending it a home movie feel, and depicts closely cropped gestures between people. With no one at 'play', the screen contains images of 'leaders' collaged from TV, film, and video games that span this century.

Photographs, home movies, and today's digital media inform the way we remember and interact with one another. They extend and even become our memories. This installation and its accompanying performance attempt to pose questions about patterns of 'memory' and interaction, contrasting electronic technologies to age-old bodily methods. What is enabled and what is lost? MNEMONIC DEVICES explores these questions in an installation that resembles a media saturated playground.