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Life support (1998)

Thirty constructed butyl air

sacs are installed in an arterial

space at EdinburghCollege of

art. Each sac has a separate

air donor who maintains its

air pressure through blowing

into an inflation tube. Notions

of mass collective caring and

inter-dependence are explored

through the ward imagery.

Each donor records the

inflations on a quasi medical

chart. Intermittent pink and

blue  light sources creates a

underlying viscerality.